SHE PASSED IN HER BEAUTY.
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And glimpses of its beauty come
Before me fleet and fast,
Hovering o'er childhood's broken tomb,
Companions of the past!
Before me fleet and fast,
Hovering o'er childhood's broken tomb,
Companions of the past!
SHE PASSED IN HER BEAUTY.
She passed in her beauty; her brightness of heart
Unshaded by care or regret,
She passed ere the sorrows of earth could impart
One pang she could wish to forget.
Unshaded by care or regret,
She passed ere the sorrows of earth could impart
One pang she could wish to forget.
She passed in her innocence; guilt had not thrown
One stain on her clear, placid brow;
She passed ere life's trials and miseries were known,
To shadow her pathway below.
One stain on her clear, placid brow;
She passed ere life's trials and miseries were known,
To shadow her pathway below.
She passed in her youth; in the beautiful bloom
Of her childhood she glided away;
And the star of her memory still may illume
The sorrows that darken our day.
Of her childhood she glided away;
And the star of her memory still may illume
The sorrows that darken our day.
Then, why should we weep for the loved one again,
That slumbers beneath the green sod;
Her spirit now free from its shackles of pain,
Has passed to its Father and God!
That slumbers beneath the green sod;
Her spirit now free from its shackles of pain,
Has passed to its Father and God!
