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IN MEMORIAM.

1 How blessed with thee the path could I have trod
2 Of quiet life, above cold want's hard fate,
3 (And little wishing more) nor of the great
4 Envious, or their proud name; but it pleased God
5 To take thee to his mercy: thou didst go
6 In youth and beauty to thy cold death-bed;
7 Even whilst on dreams of bliss we fondly fed,
8 Of years to come of comfort! Be it so.
9 Ere this I have felt sorrow; and even now,
10 Though sometimes the unbidden tear will start,
11 And half unman the miserable heart,
12 The cold dew I shall wipe from my sad brow,
13 And say, since hopes of bliss on earth are vain,
14 Best friend, farewell, till we do meet again! [Page 20]

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Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street..., 1855, pp. 19-20.  (Page images digitized from a copy held at the University of California Libraries.)

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