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Rh ANSWER TO A BEAUTIFUL POEM, WRITTEN BY MONTGOMERY, AUTHOR OF "THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND," ETC., ENTITLED "THE COMMON LOT."

1.

! true, the common lot

Of mortals lies in Lethe's wave;

Yet some shall never be forgot,

Some shall exist beyond the grave.

2.

"Unknown the region of his birth,"

The hero rolls the tide of war;

Yet not unknown his martial worth,

Which glares a meteor from afar.

3.

His joy or grief, his weal or woe,

Perchance may 'scape the page of fame;

Yet nations, now unborn, will know

The record of his deathless name.