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And round and ruddy aa < the healthy daw * - Of day be looks ; the Rector , nicel y drawn la his parochial best , does honour due TJhto the holy man , with gentle fawn , And leads him on , amid the mighty view Of all the people , to the lofty pulpit-pew . ' Then all the people stared again ; but he , The great grand jBishop , all in calm repose ,
Leaned down his head , coolly , sedate , and free , And prayed ja moment , and thea nobly rose ; And like a prince , erect and portly , shows . His sash-bound form , brimful of antique creeds ; And then with grace scholastic open throws . / The gilt and holy Bible ,, and proceeds v c I . jlA ¦ At once , and the fair text in solemn tone h © reads ^—Jy 4 & . 5 Q
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Its ffhis&f resting-place , and still domain " ' - Of Uiose awaiting iimnortality , - ' ' Have earnest , deep , yet sadd ' nrng charms for me ; - - . . So doth thy waving trees , that bowing meet , Kissing each other , as in sympathy With the cold host that slumber at their feet , -.. Hold mournful sway , yet indescribable and sweet .
For there my mother , resting , waits th advance Of the last trumpet-summons from the skies ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1835, page 624, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2649/page/60/
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