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To the Memory of Alpheus Crosby
A noble life, well spent in learning's cause,And public good, has passed from earth away!
With saddened thoughts, in its swift round, we pause,
A heart-felt tribute to its worth to pay.
E'en from his youth, to studious lore inclined,
By day, by night, he turned the classic page,
And, by his studies cultured and refined,
He gave new grace and culture to the age.
Nor less he labored for the public good,
In every noble work an earnest man;
Boldly the power of Slavery, War, withstood,
A true reformer, ever in the van.
Our loss it is, not his, that we deplore,
That we on earth shall see his face no more!
Poem No. 15; c. April 1874
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