Miscellaneous Poems By the Revd John Mitford |
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LINES TO BE ENGRAVED ON A STONE IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ------
Thou shalt not go into thy grave unknown,If voice of mine be heard; for it shall say,
Speaking our sorrows from this humble stone,
How in the morn of life, when all was gay
Around thee, and thy bridal robes were new,
And one sweet infant on thy bosom smiled;
Slowly the wind of death around thee blew,
And all our cherish'd hopes of love, up-piled
For years to come of happiness, were cast
Down to the ground; so earthly treasures end.
But thou art gone where, pain and sorrow past,
Faith finds, though friendless upon earth, a friend.
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