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First Line: Make there my tomb, beneath the lime-tree's shade
Last Line: Where her poor werter -- and his sorrows sleep!
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness


Make there my tomb, beneath the lime-tree's shade,
Where grass and flowers in wild luxuriance wave;
Let no memorial mark where I am laid,
Or point to common eyes the lover's grave!
But oft at twilight morn, or closing day,
The faithful friend with falt'ring step shall glide,
Tributes of fond regret by stealth to pay,
And sigh o'er the unhappy suicide!
And sometimes, when the sun with parting rays
Gilds the long grass that hides my silent bed,
The tears shall tremble in my CHARLOTTE'S eyes;
Dear, precious drops! -- they shall embalm the dead!
Yes -- CHARLOTTE o'er the mournful spot shall weep,
Where her poor WERTER -- and his sorrows sleep!





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