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The Past, Present, and Future | ||
LV. REQUIESCAT IN PACE.
On the Death of Caroline Millen Clark, who Died 1st December, 1857.
Just like a rose in early spring,
That blooms and withers in a day;
So thou, poor fragile sickly thing,
Was early call'd away.
That blooms and withers in a day;
So thou, poor fragile sickly thing,
Was early call'd away.
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'Tis hard indeed to bid farewell
To one belov'd, so young and mild;
None but a parent's heart can tell
The love he bears his child.
To one belov'd, so young and mild;
None but a parent's heart can tell
The love he bears his child.
We stood around thy dying bed,
We heard thee offer up a prayer
Unto thy Father God; who said,—
Come, and my kingdom share.
We heard thee offer up a prayer
Unto thy Father God; who said,—
Come, and my kingdom share.
We know that thou art call'd away,
But, ah! 'tis hard with thee to part;
It breaks the tender ties that lay
Entwined around the heart.
But, ah! 'tis hard with thee to part;
It breaks the tender ties that lay
Entwined around the heart.
'Twas in the budding time of life,
Ere crime had made its deadly stain,
Thou left a world of sin and strife,
In heaven above to reign.
Ere crime had made its deadly stain,
Thou left a world of sin and strife,
In heaven above to reign.
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A little while, then, Caroline,
In that bright world we'll meet again,
Where, like the sun, thou shalt outshine,
Among the holy train.
In that bright world we'll meet again,
Where, like the sun, thou shalt outshine,
Among the holy train.
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