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Sometimes a dream anticipates the date,
Comes as a prophet to reveal our fate:
And thus, ere Yorick sunk into the tomb,
The Priest of sentiment foresaw his doom:
'Twas night—his solitary couch he press'd,
Till sorrow-worn he wearied into rest;
Eliza then soft gliding on his view,
Thus o'er his slumber breath'd her sad adieu:
‘Oh thou, my guardian, confident, and friend,
‘To what thy handmaid now reveals attend:
‘No longer now the gift of Health implore,
‘The curtain drops, and thy short scene is o'er;
‘Yet ere thy feeling spirit takes its flight
‘To yonder regions of celestial light,
‘Some fond endearment to Eliza shew,
‘And thy last blessing on thy Child bestow.’
Comes as a prophet to reveal our fate:
And thus, ere Yorick sunk into the tomb,
The Priest of sentiment foresaw his doom:
'Twas night—his solitary couch he press'd,
Till sorrow-worn he wearied into rest;
Eliza then soft gliding on his view,
Thus o'er his slumber breath'd her sad adieu:
‘Oh thou, my guardian, confident, and friend,
‘To what thy handmaid now reveals attend:
‘No longer now the gift of Health implore,
‘The curtain drops, and thy short scene is o'er;
‘Yet ere thy feeling spirit takes its flight
‘To yonder regions of celestial light,
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‘And thy last blessing on thy Child bestow.’
The Vision ceas'd—yet then the shaul she spread
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To raise compassionate his drooping head,
And (from her eyes as beads of sorrow fell)
Low on her knees receiv'd his last farewell.
To raise compassionate his drooping head,
And (from her eyes as beads of sorrow fell)
Low on her knees receiv'd his last farewell.
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