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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 269, 1 May 1874, Page 4

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DAVID IJVtNGyTONE, nonsr, 1816 J TITRD, 1873 ' . 7 ' •' ,Slei»p well I Yo'rhavo accomp'ished'ali Ambition hoped, or S'-iencc dreamed;; • , .fVtid, wit.h life's pvomisoa rodeeraed, • ••] You full. I £o bent j-'-you like a soMier full ■ Who rathfj" on Lhe tented field <Than in eoit pnnco hi.? 'ifo would jfield : Sleep well! <sVe can but envy your ropoep, ' Whoso feebler strung Ih, 'mid smaller tusks Already faints, and fails, and asks :. ' A close. • well_ j In aftortimes your twine Shall wiser rtges proudly greot With loving gratitude more sweet ■ Than fawo, . •. ; vE : C - - 'Tho sta teaman's crown, the warrior's wreath '-Less praise shall than the olives reap,. Stainless, and bloodless, that you sleep Benoath. i lfoivwar and statecraft both must cease ; ,WTion.'every land with hearty grip. Clasps hands'ill ,lovo nnd,fcllowsl)ip /ndpeacoj But yojir unceasing toil to give tfew. peoples to the light of clay, .f "Vyiion all these, things have passud away, Will livo ! Let shouts go up and. banners wave, For generals and chiefs of State— A nation's tears shall consecrate* Your grave ,o'er desert wilds and angry foam r They your ashes to their rest, And England makes hor loving breast' ■ Their home. ' j3leep well 1 You nobly did your part To benefit the human race, Be ever green your resting place, - Brave heart! >,<' > ,r"' -European Mail.' ■