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ON A GRAVE-STONE
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ON A GRAVE-STONE
In Acton Church-Yard , Middlesex.
When some lone youth by kindred grief is led
To court the dwellings of the sainted dead;
If filial fondness for parental worth,
Should guide his footsteps to this hallow'd earth,
Here let him gaze; and from this mournful stone
Learn that his sorrows are not his alone;
That HE, whose honour'd dust reposes here,
Had every gift to make his being dear,
Had all that heav'n of excellence could blend
To make the father cherish'd as the friend;
Had all that earth in anguish could resign,
Yet know, sad sorrower, that task was mine!
To court the dwellings of the sainted dead;
If filial fondness for parental worth,
Should guide his footsteps to this hallow'd earth,
Here let him gaze; and from this mournful stone
Learn that his sorrows are not his alone;
That HE, whose honour'd dust reposes here,
Had every gift to make his being dear,
Had all that heav'n of excellence could blend
To make the father cherish'd as the friend;
Had all that earth in anguish could resign,
Yet know, sad sorrower, that task was mine!
And if such sympathy may sooth your grief,
May give the wounded bosom short relief
Oh! let the soul this brighter prospect cheer,
To gain hereafter what it valued here.
May give the wounded bosom short relief
Oh! let the soul this brighter prospect cheer,
To gain hereafter what it valued here.
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