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My Mother ! lot me call thee by that name , That tender epithet thou well may ' st claim , , My comforter when in adversity , My counsellor , my guide , or if there be A name than parent dearer , it is thine , In whom the worth of each at once
comhine . How oft with silent pleasure have I gaz'd On her blue eye tp heaven unconscious rais'd , Caught Wisdom ' s honey'd accents from
her tongue , And ou her words with filial rapture hung ! Whate v er the theme , ' twas with instruction fraught ; From her abundant stores with ease she
brought Treasures of knowledge , and diffused around Some portion of the peace herself had found . But chief she lov'd , from youth to hoary age , To search with rev ' rence due the sacred
page ; From thence her highest , sweetest joys were drawn ; Her path with still increasing splendour shone ; Her lamp was ever burning , and her care
Was daily for her summons to prepare . Though Time had shorn her wonted strength , and shed Its venerable honours on her head , Whate ' er her pious mind as duty view'd , With unabated vigour she pursu'd . Though wing'd with health and peace the ev ' ning fled , The morning saw her munber'd with the dead ;
And that blest day to her so much endear'd , A day of gloom and darkness then appear ed . No more , alas ! that voice so lov'd I hear , Or view that form to me supremely dear , Or feel the pressure of that friendly hand ,
Or list to schemes Benevolence had plann'd , Or mark with joy iro language can \ m * - part The smile which epoke a volume to my heart- — All , all are goae , but deeply in my breast Shall tljeir remembrance ever be imprest .
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ON THE DEATH OF MRS . CAPPE , July 29 , 1821 .
« Whca the ear heard her , then it blessed her ; and when the eye saw her , It gave witness to her : because she delivered the poor that cried , and the fatherless , and him that had none to help him . The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon her , and she caused the widow's heart to sing for joy . " Job xxix . 11—13 .
Whence spring those tears that will not be supprest , But burst spontaneous from each sorrowing breast ? She who was honour'd w here her worth was known , Is from our aching hearts and eyes withdrawn :
So instantaneously the summons came , Scarce could we think extract the vital flame . Oh ! to recall her back , if but to gain Some parting word affection might retain , To pour her benediction on each head-Vain wish ! to purer Climes the spirit ' s fied .
We weep for Her whose energetic mind , From every low and selfish thought rtnn'd , Still ceaseless strove new blessings to impart , To heal the wounded , bind the broken heart , To instruct the ignorant , the youthful guide , And lead the wanderer back to virtue ' s
side , The orphan ' s guardian , the lorn widow ' s friend ; Such varied excellencies in her blend . Her pure beneficence no rules confin'd , Free , like the Bun , it flow'd for all mankind . Oh I can I ere forget her generous aid , When Griefs oppressive hand was on we n laid ? disease combin ed to waste life ' s feeble
pow ' rs , And dark despair had veil'd my future hours : lfteu , hke a minist ' ring angel , she appear'd , aM * . A » d at her bidding , Hope the polgflP 'cheer'd .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1821, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2505/page/51/
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