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Show 35 APPENDIX Still in your heart's dear record bear his néfné With tha Cherish the keen regret that lifts his fame With m To you it is bequeath'd; assert the trust With loo And to his worth-'tis all you can-be just Chullmg And wit Which t What more is due from sanctifying time To cheerful wit, and many a favor'd rhyme O'er his grac'd urn shall bloom a deathless wreath Whose blossom' sweet shall dec the mas be neath For these, when sculpture's votive toil shall rea The due memorial of a loss so dear O lovliest mourner, gentle Muse ! be thin The pleasing woe to guard the laurell'd shrine As fancy oft by superstition le To roam the mansions of the sainted dead Has view'd, by shadowy eve's unfaithful gloom A weeping cherub on a martyr's tomb So thou, sweet Muse, hang o'er his sculptur'd bier With patient woe, that loves the ling'ring tear Wit ‘QL " |