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Illumed thine eye, and taught thy heart
The kind and sympathetic glow:
Benevolence sat there enthroned,
And Feeling wept for others' woe.
The kind and sympathetic glow:
Benevolence sat there enthroned,
And Feeling wept for others' woe.
That bliss thou humbly didst desire,
To wipe the tear from every eye,
And breathe into the sufferer's ear
The sweet, consoling, cordial sigh.
To wipe the tear from every eye,
And breathe into the sufferer's ear
The sweet, consoling, cordial sigh.
For thou wert Kindness' loveliest child;
Benignity thy soul possessed,
And virtue's all-endearing charms
Glowed ardent in thy matchless breast.
Benignity thy soul possessed,
And virtue's all-endearing charms
Glowed ardent in thy matchless breast.
That noble, generous mind has fled,
That form is cold as senseless clay;
Confined within a narrow bed
To wait the Resurrection day.
That form is cold as senseless clay;
Confined within a narrow bed
To wait the Resurrection day.
THE HAPPINESS OF EARLY YEARS.
Ah! where the days of dawning life,
Where those blest, happy, precious hours,
When ever-varying joys were rife,
And fancy wrought unfading flowers?
Where those blest, happy, precious hours,
When ever-varying joys were rife,
And fancy wrought unfading flowers?
