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First Line: Not long thy voice amongst us may be heard
Last Line: Forget the grave in trustful thoughts of heaven.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Old Age; Spring


NOT long thy voice amongst us may be heard,
Servant of God! -- thy day is almost done;
The charm now lingering in thy look and word
Is that which hangs about thy setting sun --
That which the meekness of decay hath won
Still from revering love. Yet doth the sense
Of life immortal -- progress but begun --
Pervade thy mien with such clear eloquence,
That hope, not sadness, breathes from thy decline;
And the loved flowers which round thee smile farewell
Of more than vernal glory seem to tell,
By the pure spirit touched with light Divine;
While we, to whom its parting gleams are given,
Forget the grave in trustful thoughts of heaven.





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