O could this verse her fair example spread,
And teach the living while it prais'd the dead!
Then, reader, should it speak her hope divine,
Not to record her faith, but strengthen thine;
Then should her ev'ry virtue stand confest,
Till ev'ry virtue kindled in thy breast.
But if thou slight the monitory strain,
And she has liv'd, to thee at least, in vain;
Yet let her death, an awful lesson give,
The dying Christian speaks to all that live.
Enough for her that here her ashes rest,
Till God's own plaudit shall her worth attest.
More verses by Hannah More
- On Sarah Stonhouse, Second Wife Of The Rev. Sir James Stonhouse, Bart.
- On The Reverend Mr. Hunter, Who Received A Degree From The University Of Oxford
- On The Reverend Mr. Love, In The Cathedral At Bristol
- On The Reverend Sir James Stonhouse, Bart. M.D., In The Chapel At The Hotwells, Bristol
- Reflections Of King Hezekiah, In His Sickness