Come, Resignation! wipe the human tear,
Domestic anguish drops o'er Virtue's bier;
Bid selfish sorrow hush the fond complaint,
Nor, from the God she lov'd, detain the saint.
Truth, meekness, patience, honour'd shade! were thine;
And holy hope, and charity divine:
Tho' these thy forfeit being could not save
Thy faith subdued the terrors of the grave.
Oh! if thy
living
excellence could teach,
Death
has a loftier emphasis of speech:
Let death thy strongest lesson then impart,
And write,
prepare to die
on every heart.
More verses by Hannah More
- 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
- Inscription On A Cenotaph In A Garden, Erected To A Deceased Friend