ELEGY. Anne Hunter (née Home) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Hunter, Anne Home (Mrs. John), 1742-1821. Poems, by Mrs. John Hunter. London Printed for T. Payne, Mews Gate, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street 1802 p. 91.

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ELEGY . SIGH not , ye winds , as passing o'er The chambers of the dead you fly ; Weep not , ye dews , for these no more Shall ever weep , shall ever sigh . Why mourn the throbbing heart at rest ? How still it lies within the breast ! Why mourn , since death presents us peace , And in the grave our sorrows cease ? The shatter'd bark , from adverse winds , Rest in this peaceful haven finds ; And , when the storms of life are past , Hope drops her anchor here at last . Sigh not , ye winds , as passing o'er The chambers of the dead you fly ; Weep not , ye dews , for these no more Shall ever weep , shall ever sigh .