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LYI.—EPITAPH ON A SOLITARY LIFE.
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Rest, gentle traveller ! on life's toils...
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Lyi.—Epitaph On A Solitary Life.
LYI . —EPITAPH ON A SOLITARY LIFE .
Rest, Gentle Traveller ! On Life's Toils...
Restgentle traveller ! on life ' s toilsome way ,
Pause , here awhile , yet o ' er this lifeless clay No ~ weeping , but a joyful tribute pay .
For this green nook , by sun and showers made warni , Gives welcome rest to an o ' er wearied form ,
Whose mortal life knew many a wintry storm . Yetere the spirit gained a full release
From , earthshe had _attained that land of peace , , Where seldom clouds obscure , and tempests cease .
_Ko chosen spot of ground she called her own , She reaped no harvest in her spring-time sown ,
Yet alway in her path some flowers wore strown . ! N _" o dear ones were her own peculiar care ,
So was her bounty free as Heaven ' s air ; For every claim she had enough to spare .
And loving more the heart to give than lend , Tho' oft deceived in many a trusted friend ,
She hoped , believed , and trusted to the end . She had her joys , — 'twas joy to live , to love ,
To labor in the world with Grod above , And tender hearts that ever near did move .
She had her griefs , —but why recount them here ? The heart-sick loneness , the on-looking fear ,
The days of desolation dark and drear , — Since every agony left peace behind ,
And healing came on every stormy wind , And with pure brightness every cloud was lined ,
And every loss sublimed some low desire , And every sorrow helped her to aspire ,
Till waiting angels , bade her " Go up higher ! " E . S .
Boston , Mass .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1860, page 397, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081860/page/37/
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