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LINES COMPOSED AT THE REQUEST OF A DEAR FRIEND SUFFERING FROM GRIEF, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O earth! Abode of grief and sin
Last Line: The grave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): Death; Depression, Mental; Friendship; Graves; Grief; Peace; Dead, The; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress; Tombs; Tombstones; Sorrow; Sadness


O EARTH! abode of grief and sin,
Whose miseries with life begin,
And follow us till lodged within
The grave.

Oppress'd with woe, consumed by care,
Thy pleasures I did never share;
Now all my earthly wishes are
A grave.

Oft have I view'd with longing eyes
Yon hallow'd spot where tombstones rise,
And bless'd the place which thus supplies
A grave.

Pleasant to me is death's dark gloom!
Ye peaceful tenants of the tomb,
I long with you to make my home
The grave.

I know corruption and the worm,
The cold, decaying, ghastly form,
Are thine—but then, no strife, no storm,
Calm grave!

Oh! I am weary, I would rest
Within thy cold and silent breast,
Nor rise till called to join the blest,
O grave!

Farewell, vain world, not worth a tear;
Jesus alone my soul holds dear;
Possessed of Him I cannot fear
The grave.





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