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Rest thee, gentle darling, rest! - , , . Safe repose thy wearied form In the warm earth's sheltering burnt. • Far beyond the elond and stormT - ■ Softly hare they planted flowers On the roof of thine abode, There in Summer's dewy hours Fair young lily buds hare glowed, Rest, sweet darling, rest They who joined thine infant play, Brothers- sisters—far and wide Labour on the world's highways, Wrestling^with its human tide I Ba*i mydarlißg, never more Toil shall hang its beaded jewel On thy brow— or care trace o>r Dusky lines with figures cruel; Rest, sweet darling, rest \ ~"Z Fear not thou wilt sleep too long, Music^soon shall break thy slumberf, ; There will burst an angel song i And arouse, thee with its numbers! Awake! tby sleep is done ; X*y tby »Te-.soiled garments by; Soft as king's, the Spring robe, spuu For thine immortality! , . Rest, sweeftdarling, rest !—J.G.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3855, 7 May 1881, Page 1
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148Select Poetry. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3855, 7 May 1881, Page 1
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