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285 And her uncharitable acts, I trust,

And harsh unkindnesses, are all forgiven;

Though, in this Vale, remembered with deep awe!"

Vicar paused; and tow'rds a seat advanced,

A long stone-seat, framed in the Church-yard wall;

Part under shady sycamore, and part

Offering a place of rest in pleasant sunshine,

Even as may suit the comers old or young

Who seek the House of worship, while the Bells

Yet ring with all their voices, or before

The last hath ceased its solitary knoll.

To this commodious resting-place he led;

Where, by his side, we all sate down; and there

His office, uninvited, he resumed.

"As, on a sunny bank, a tender Lamb

Lurks in safe shelter from the winds of March,

Screened by its Parent, so that little mound

Lies guarded by its neighbour; the small heap