IN MEMORIAM.
[tVriften as a tribute «if i-espect t:» the, memory of Mrs. Duffy, Tuapdka Flati by her siuiire fridn'l, D.W. llotvard ] She's cfeal and g me,* bu£ not through lengt iene"d 3'e irs, ' N<>r aged sorrow, nor remorseful feari. Alivi but yesterday in bloom aud youth, Teaching her children the best words of truth. The king of tarr >rs hurled his fatal dart, And pierce J with venom the fo.id mother's he.irt. Passed «>nward to that dread and unknown
bourne. From which, ala 9 ! she never will return. What h ippy houra, when sitting by har aide, I've pasiel in simple converse : — view'd with pride .- . ' i . 4..The modesty maideu and i lie virtuous wife*, '* .'.V. 1 .Where never dwelt the lea it of guile or , 1 ■ * strife. . " ' T : . -Wfeaf«A assuage. --dr'^iVe** kind relief To her lona children *or a husbjnd'-s • ' J * I ;griefr; .' i I .\ 1 i ' ■ -^\ \ ..\Vh'n c.Cn'.the,y find. » mother i > cc"place— " To till* the voidJ-aupply thoa'tsenc fa^e ? Bach Stbba:h .morning ate ih«i hour of To church she went -passed by my garden - ' gate?-- •'• '•• . ': • , ' ' . .lonr the, winding xoaH she firmly t'rbd' fT» hfa-nJbly Vj.Anlp'in tt/e Ho ise of Go I. Bitt now sKe'* suHuu\>ned by » d'iviue' ,' 'jb"e}iest. •*.."»..; : . • i,
r'T(> &yM with|n,t]jte por.tafe of the blast.; •Tp s,iiig jthjß tjriii^es «<f ; J t el\oyaltf3 naoiq, , Amid the angelic choir his love proclaim i Fond memory lingers on. that pleasunt spot— The silent churchyard— be it not forgot. The silent stone alone denotes her urn, And friends in numbers for her loss do mourn. Aujust 7, 1871.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 183, 10 August 1871, Page 5
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257IN MEMORIAM. Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 183, 10 August 1871, Page 5
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