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Yet dost thou live in friendship's tear,
Still does thy fair example shine,
And fondest hopes embalm thy bier,
Of those whose lives would be like thine
Still does thy fair example shine,
And fondest hopes embalm thy bier,
Of those whose lives would be like thine
And though the grave would rival me,
The worm destroy that perished heart,
Yet e'er I cease to grieve o'er thee,
Shall life and memory both depart.
The worm destroy that perished heart,
Yet e'er I cease to grieve o'er thee,
Shall life and memory both depart.
LINES
ON THE DEATH OF MY BROTHER, H. R.
In Eden's blest and favoured land
Did angel footsteps print the earth,
And, 'midst those sacred gardens, stand
The visitants of heavenly birth.
Did angel footsteps print the earth,
And, 'midst those sacred gardens, stand
The visitants of heavenly birth.
And Adam hailed the brow divine,
The music of a loftier sphere;
Awe-struck, beheld the bright rays shine,
And bent in holy calm to hear.
The music of a loftier sphere;
Awe-struck, beheld the bright rays shine,
And bent in holy calm to hear.
