A prospect of death
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| ←Another | A prospect of death by from The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker |
To Miss Catharine Ten Eyck→ |
Death! thou real friend of innocence,
Tho' dreadful unto shivering sense,
I feel my nature tottering o'er
Thy gloomy waves, which loudly roar:
Immense the scene, yet dark the view,
Nor Reason darts her vision thro'.
Virtue! supreme of earthly good,
Oh let thy rays illume the road;
And when dash'd from the precipice,
Keep me from sinking in the seas:
Thy radient wings, then wide expand,
And bear me to celestial land.
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This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. |
