THE BURIAL OF TIE YOUNG.
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There was an open gravc--;ind many AN eye
Looll'd down upon it. Slow the sable hcarse
Mov'd oil, as if reluctantly it bore
The Young, unwearied form to that cold couch
Which age and sorrow render sweet to man.
There secmd sadness in the humid air.
Lifting the long grassf frcm those vcrdant mounds
Where slumbcr mutitudcs-


There WAS . tram
Ofyo,,ng, fair females with their brows Of bloom
And shining tresscs. Arm anil arm they came,
And stood upon the brink ofthat dark PIT,
In pensye beauty, waiting the approach,
Of their companion. shriNas wont to ny
And meet them, US the gay bird meets the


spring
brushing the dew-drop from Tie morning fow'rs;
And breathing mirth and gladncss. -folc sue


came


With movements fashion'd to the deeP-toncd


bell


She came with mourning sire, and so,rowing


friend


And tears ofthosc who at her side were nurs'd
BY the same mother


All! and one was there
Who ere the falling of the snnlncrrosc
Had hop'd to greet her as his bride. Bat Death
Arose between them. The pale lover watci'd
So close, her journey through the shatlowy vale
That almost TO his heart, the ice Of death
Enter'd from hers. There was brilliant flush
Of youth about hcr-and her Einiiing eye
pour'd such uncarthly light, that hope would


hang


Ev'n on the archcr's arrow, while it !lropp'd
Deep poison Many restless night she TOLD
For that slight breath which held her from the


tomb,


Still wasting like snow-wreath, which the sun
Marks for his own, on some cool mountains


breast,


Yet spares, and tingcs long with rosy light.
Oft DER the musings of her silent couch,
Came visions of that mitron from which hcnt
With n;irsing tenderness TO sooth and bless
Her cradle dream and her cmaciatcd hand
In trembling pray'r she ais'd-that he who sav'd
The 3lnted mother, would redeem the child.
Was the oriion lost t'-Whence then that peace
So dove-likc, setting DER soul that lov'd
Earth and its Observation-Disclosures that angelic
smile


With which the allurcments Of Il work. so deal
Were counted and rcsign'df that cloquencc
So fondly urging those whose hearts We're ful
! OF sublunarY happiness, to seek
A better portion, Whence that voice of JOY,
| Which from the marble lip Of lifc's last strife
Burst forth, to hail her everlasting homcP
Cold reas'ners! be CONVINCED. And when ys
stand
Where that fair brow and those unflpstcd lock-
Return to dust-where the young sleeper wait
The resurrection mon-Oh! lift the heart
Irpraise Of Him, who gave the victory.