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James Lappin.
LATE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIVERPOOL STOCK EXCHANGE.
OCTOBER 25TH, 1890.
Here let white-handed Commerce weep and bend
With purest-hearted Honour o'er the bier;
A Prince of all integrity lies here;
Who from the dawn to the swift daylight's end,
Himself for others willingly would spend;
Who walked with Justice, sworn to persevere,
With Love and Reverence holding man so dear,
They could not over-reach him or offend.
With purest-hearted Honour o'er the bier;
A Prince of all integrity lies here;
Who from the dawn to the swift daylight's end,
Himself for others willingly would spend;
Who walked with Justice, sworn to persevere,
With Love and Reverence holding man so dear,
They could not over-reach him or offend.
Long as the sea breathes blessing to thy Town,
Thou mistress of the Mersey's fruitful tide,
Let this man's fame be blown toward the West
And borne back Eastward: let his name abide,
Truth's jewel, in thine uncorrupted crown,
Hope's star upon thy mighty merchant breast.
Thou mistress of the Mersey's fruitful tide,
Let this man's fame be blown toward the West
And borne back Eastward: let his name abide,
Truth's jewel, in thine uncorrupted crown,
Hope's star upon thy mighty merchant breast.
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