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Grace Darling (1815–1842) was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame. She died of tuberculosis four years later.

4864699A Selection of Original Songs, Scraps, Etc., by Ned Farmer (3rd ed.) — Monody on Grace DarlingEdward Farmer

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Monody on Grace Darling.

'Twere impious to weep, the gentle maiden dead:
Let not one tear of selfish love be shed,
Nor dare repine that Providence denies
A longer absence from her native skies.
It was a mighty mission, which complete,
Her happy spirit takes its well-earned seat
At His right hand, who practises alone
A more extended mercy than her own.
Happy thy lot, dear Grace, for whom it was decreed,
To crowd a life of virtue into one immortal deed.

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