Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALEXANDER J. FRASER, ESQ., by HUMBERT WOLFE


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ALEXANDER J. FRASER, ESQ., by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, sad was the lot of the child we loved dearly
Last Line: The morrow that springs from the sleep of the tomb.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Graves; Grief; Life; Death - Babies; Tombs; Tombstones; Sorrow; Sadness


Oh, sad was the lot of the child we loved dearly,
The son -- only son, that from us now is torn;
And short were his years, tho' the spring time was cheerly,
The bright early promise untimely we mourn.

Whatever seemed worthy, of care and of culture,
Was freely bestowed, with refinement and taste;
Yet all now has vanished, as if the stern vulture
Had pounced on the garden and left it a waste.

We counted upon him, as age was declining,
The evening of life to sustain and solace;
Alas, he is gone, and, in fruitless repining,
We mourn with the loved one he left in his place.

His grave we will moisten with fountains of sorrow;
There wither the hopes that were lately in bloom:
With flowers we will strew it, and wait for the morrow,
The morrow that springs from the sleep of the tomb.





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