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Rh Sunset in England at the autumn prime! Through foliage rare, what floods of light were sent! The full and whitening harvest knew its time, And to the sickle of the reaper bent; Forth rode the winged seeds upon the gale, New homes to find, but she, with lip so pale, Who on the arm of her beloved leant, Breathed words of tenderness, with smile serene, Though faint, and full of toil, the gasp and groan between.

"Oh, dearest friend, Death, cometh! He is here, Here, at my heart! Air! air! that I may speak My hoarded love, my gratitude sincere, To thee and to thy people. But I seek In vain. Though most unworthy, yet I hear A call, a voice, too blest for mortal ear;" And with a marble coldness on her cheek, And one long moan, like breaking harp-string sweet, She bare the unspoken lore to her Redeemer's feet.

Gone? Gone? Alas! the burst of wild despair That rent his bosom who had loved so well; He had not yet put forth his strength to bear, So suddenly and sore the death-shaft fell: Man hath a godlike might in danger's hour, In the red battle, or the tempest's power; Yet is he weak when tides of anguish swell;