Poems on Several Occasions By The Reverend John Langhorne |
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An EPITAPH on William
Spencer Esq. and his Lady.
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An EPITAPH on William Spencer Esq. and his Lady.
Interr'd beneath this Monumental Stone,
Fast by the gentle Partner of his Breast,
No more unhappy, as no more alone,
In sacred Silence, Spencer's Ashes rest.
Fast by the gentle Partner of his Breast,
No more unhappy, as no more alone,
In sacred Silence, Spencer's Ashes rest.
Unfeeling Death! too soon he snatch'd the Fair;
Unmov'd tho' every Excellence of Life,
Tho' every Grace solicited to spare
The tender Parent, and the duteous Wife.
Unmov'd tho' every Excellence of Life,
Tho' every Grace solicited to spare
The tender Parent, and the duteous Wife.
Depriv'd of Her, whose gentle Smiles endear'd,
Whose Love embrighten'd Life's declining Ray,
Sweet Hope no more the mourning Husband chear'd,
'Till sunk in Death the slow-departing Day.
Whose Love embrighten'd Life's declining Ray,
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'Till sunk in Death the slow-departing Day.
In Friendship generous, in Devotion warm,
Exhorting others to the Paths He trod,
He taught each Virtue in Himself to charm,
And sav'd his Brother, while He serv'd his God.
Exhorting others to the Paths He trod,
He taught each Virtue in Himself to charm,
And sav'd his Brother, while He serv'd his God.
Lamented Pair! within this hallow'd Shrine,
Near as your Loves, your mingled Dust shall lie:
'Till rous'd together by the Voice Divine;
The same on Earth, united in the Sky.
Near as your Loves, your mingled Dust shall lie:
'Till rous'd together by the Voice Divine;
The same on Earth, united in the Sky.
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