The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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ELEGIAC STANZAS, To the Memory of A YOUNG GENTLEMAN,
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ELEGIAC STANZAS, To the Memory of A YOUNG GENTLEMAN,
Who died in the nineteenth Year of his Age.
Thine Eyes, dear Youth, are clos'd in Night;
Thy Thread, alas! is spun;
Cut off, at once, from Life, and Light,
Ere Half thy Sands were run!
Thy Thread, alas! is spun;
Cut off, at once, from Life, and Light,
Ere Half thy Sands were run!
How short the Date of human Things!
How transient are the Joys!
The Flower, that in the Morning springs,
The Evening Blast destroys!
How transient are the Joys!
The Flower, that in the Morning springs,
The Evening Blast destroys!
See where, absorb'd in silent Grief,
The childless Mother stands!
Some pitying Angel bring Relief,
And hold her frantic Hands!—
The childless Mother stands!
Some pitying Angel bring Relief,
And hold her frantic Hands!—
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O lost too soon, lamented Shade!
Just opening into Man,
While Custom rul'd, and Passion sway'd,
Ere Reason's Power began—
Just opening into Man,
While Custom rul'd, and Passion sway'd,
Ere Reason's Power began—
Yet,—let me here the Word recall,
These rash Repinings shun—
'Twas Heaven's high Will decreed his Fall;
And let Heaven's Will be done!
These rash Repinings shun—
'Twas Heaven's high Will decreed his Fall;
And let Heaven's Will be done!
Let all, who lov'd his Worth, his Truth,
Remember them with Groans!
And all the Frailties of his Youth
Be buried with his Bones!
Remember them with Groans!
And all the Frailties of his Youth
Be buried with his Bones!
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