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A Tribute ret t& £ jVis ^ otiY <* m Miss Ann Finch . My Anna art thou reax . lt goriel Thy gentle spirit ever fled ? And hast thou then explor'd alone A The darksome regions of the dead ?
Thy call how sudden ! swiftly flew Thy years nor halted in their flight 5 But yet thy virtues like the dew Diffuse a fragrance thro * the night . Thy bright example from the tomb * Shines with a lustre ne'er to fade : They who lament thine early doom Can ne ' er forget , thy fleeting shade .
Thy duties grew with lengthening days But well didst thou them ail fulfil { Thy filial love new grace displays Attentive to a father ' s will . Affection * s fire glow'd in thy breast With all a parent ' s anxious fear ; Nor could a mother more have blest 'The objects of thy pious care .
To thee Griefsbitter cup was held , Yet "was thy piety e ' er warm ! And in thy life the world beheld Religion in her fairest form . Dear sainted maid thy memory lircs Pure Friendship all thy virtues shrine ; Be mine the path thy pattern gives , And O may thy rewards be mine I Birmingham , AMICUS April 9 , 1809 .
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The Duty and Reward or a , Christian .
If bless'd with power—protect the wesik » If young—the infirm secure , If well—compassionate the sick , If wealthy—feed the poor . Then will the God of Love bestow The choicest mental food , You'll feel what Misers neverknow f The bKss of doing good .
And when the Power who joys to save Proclaims your guilt forgiven And calls the pris o ners of the grave , To liberty in Heaven : While by your new associates led To bow before the Throne , They'll twine around your honoured hdut A CJfeaplct &om their own . P .
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When tfce fctnsmger sat cfo ^ rn 1 * y the * side of the way , Overcome by his toils or the heat of the day ; Poor old Ralph would Invite him , with hearty good will , To take rest in the cottage , that stood by the milL
When the cold blasts of winter roam d fearfully round , And the oaks of the Forest were torn from the ground , When the snow-drifting cloud In the valley was spread , And the dark shades of night fill'd the trav'lier with dread :
In poor Ralph ' s little cottage a shelter he found , Where the neat blazing hearth shed its lustre around , While in sweet social converse the night stole away , And the traveler fbrgrit all the toils of die day .
They had no secret hoards , for they pitied the poor , And the besfffar was never refused at their door . Forty summers they liv'd on that sweet little spot , And the owners of kingdoms might envy their lot .
But alas ! unexpected , their old landlord died , And his heir , a young upstart , the vassal of pride , S&id poor Ralph ' s little Cottage disfigur ed his grounds , For he there had determined to kennel
his hounds . So the milt and the cottagfc were order'd away , And £ oor Ralph and his partner no lont gcr could stay . Tho * resign'd yet they wept ,-as they walk'd up'the hill , When the workmen began to demolish the mhL
To the poor-house they iareRty where each evening they're Seen , leaning out of the whtdow-thafc looks Wfc ° ! f thegreen > w their cottage once stood , and -arc oft heard to « ay , ffftUe they sigh from the heart , Well * da y ! WelUdayl
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/47/
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