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A POET'S MEMORIAL
OF A DEPARTED FRIEND.
The modest violet, half concealed
from sight,
But scattering odours round it—lovelier seems:
The spotless lily, by the moon's pale light,
Shows yet more beauteous in its silvery beams:
But scattering odours round it—lovelier seems:
The spotless lily, by the moon's pale light,
Shows yet more beauteous in its silvery beams:
The skylark, viewless in heaven's arch above,
Appears unearthly music to impart:—
Each grace and blessing worthiest of our love
Eludes the eye—but more to touch the heart.
Appears unearthly music to impart:—
Each grace and blessing worthiest of our love
Eludes the eye—but more to touch the heart.
And such the charm of thy retiring worth,
Which shunned display, nor ever sought to roam
Beyond the spot to which it owed its birth,
“True to the kindred points of heaven and home!”
Which shunned display, nor ever sought to roam
Beyond the spot to which it owed its birth,
“True to the kindred points of heaven and home!”
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Oh! may the memory of that worth
yet give
To its late earthly home a hallowing leaven;
There in the spirits of survivors live,
And whisper comfort from thy home in heaven!
To its late earthly home a hallowing leaven;
There in the spirits of survivors live,
And whisper comfort from thy home in heaven!
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