The poetical remains of William Sidney Walker ... Edited with a memoir of the author by the Rev. J. Moultrie |
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STANZAS.
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STANZAS.
[Thou hast left us, dearest Spirit, and left us all alone]
Thou hast left us, dearest Spirit, and left us all alone,
But thou thyself to glory and liberty art flown;
And the song that tells thy virtues, and mourns thy early doom,
Should be gentle as thy happy death, and peaceful as thy tomb.
But thou thyself to glory and liberty art flown;
And the song that tells thy virtues, and mourns thy early doom,
Should be gentle as thy happy death, and peaceful as thy tomb.
Thy place no longer knows thee beside the household hearth,
We miss thee in our hour of woe, we miss thee in our mirth;
But the thought that thou wert one of us—that thou hast borne our name,
Is more than we would part with for fortune or for fame.
We miss thee in our hour of woe, we miss thee in our mirth;
But the thought that thou wert one of us—that thou hast borne our name,
Is more than we would part with for fortune or for fame.
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Thy dying gift of love, 'twas a light and slender token,
And thy parting words of comfort were few and faintly spoken;
But memory must forsake us, and life itself decay,
Ere those gifts shall lie forgotten, or those accents pass away.
And thy parting words of comfort were few and faintly spoken;
But memory must forsake us, and life itself decay,
Ere those gifts shall lie forgotten, or those accents pass away.
Farewell, our best and fairest! a long, a proud farewell!
May those who love thee follow to the place where thou dost dwell—
Like the lovely star that led from far the wanderers to their God,
May'st thou guide us in the pathway which thy feet in beauty trod.
May those who love thee follow to the place where thou dost dwell—
Like the lovely star that led from far the wanderers to their God,
May'st thou guide us in the pathway which thy feet in beauty trod.
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