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Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||
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IN MEMORY OF THE HONOURABLE JOHN ST. CLAIR, A.B., WHO DIED IN 1842, AGED 21,
AT CH. CH., OXFORD, AND LIES BURIED IN THE CATHEDRAL.
Ah, say, why weep for one thus early blest,
Fond Parents, Sisters fond? your tears are due
If for yourselves ye weep—to mortal view
Fall'n is the pillar of your earthly rest.
Fond Parents, Sisters fond? your tears are due
If for yourselves ye weep—to mortal view
Fall'n is the pillar of your earthly rest.
But he, dear Saint, is Heaven's immortal guest:
After a rapid voyage and dangers few,
Steering by that one living light and true,
The port, that ye still seek, he hath possest.
After a rapid voyage and dangers few,
Steering by that one living light and true,
The port, that ye still seek, he hath possest.
Oh mercy rare! to reach before life's noon
The goal, so oft denied to fervent prayer,
Angels alone can estimate the boon.
The goal, so oft denied to fervent prayer,
Angels alone can estimate the boon.
And ye who pass his tomb or linger there,
Musing on one whose summons came so soon,
Live as he liv'd, to die as died St. Clair.
Musing on one whose summons came so soon,
Live as he liv'd, to die as died St. Clair.
Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||