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HYMN . The meek voice of sorrow , the faint plaint of grief , In suffering may sooth with a pleasing relief :
The smile , with a tear , beam in sorrow awhile , In despondency fleeting appear to beguile ;—But no solace of love to relieve is
exprest , When despairing , the lone heart seeks humbly for rest . The mild light of reason ! O vain is its pow ' r , Jn splendour fair beammg , to brighten that hour-
—A sunshine imperfect the rays may impart , That revives for a time the pale hope of the heart , But fleeting the beam , as in spring ' s chilly skies , And more desolate still is the soul when it flies .
Yet there is a ray that illumes in the tomb , For the wand'rer , a day-star , ia misery ' s gloom ; Religion , 'tis thou ! thy aid is above , Thy light—a glory of mercy and love I Expansive , eternal , to man it is g ' n , That the soul may in sorrow aspire to heav ' n . G . H . T .
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Th * eternal joys of heaven he sets in view And tells me that no other joys are true . But love , fond love , would fain resist
his power , And for awhile defer the parting houi % He brings thy mournful image to my eyes , And would obstruct my jouriiey tQ the skies .
But say , thou dearest , thou unwear ied Friend , Say , wouldst thou mourn to see my sorrows end ? Thou know ' st a painful pilgrimage
Tye past , And wpuld ^ t thou g r ieve that rest is come at last ? Rather rejoice to see me shake off life , And die , * as I have lived , thy faithful wife .
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Poetry . —Hymn . —Verses composed by a Lady to her Husband . 733
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VERSES Composed by q Lady at Bath , in a deep Consumption , to her Husband . Thou who clpst all my worldly thoughts employ , Thou pleasing source of all ? ay earthly
Thou tender $$% husb ^ ud and thpu dearest friend , To thee this fond a » d Ust udieu I send *
At length the conqueror Death asserts his right , And wiil for ever veil me from thy sight ; He woos me to him with a cheerful
grace And not one terror clouds hii awful face . He promises a lasting ra ; t frpm J ^ And shews that &u trite * ) fj $ & \ n& dreams are vain :
