Poems (Sewell)/Lines on an Instance of Filial Attention
LINES,ON AN INSTANCE OF FILIAL ATTENTION, AT CHERTSEY,Which occurred in 1802.
When deep Affliction casts its mournful shade,
Sweet to the soul is filial Duty's aid;
O'er midnight Grief, its soft and soothing ray,
Yields the fair promise of a future day.—
Oh bright Religion! 'tis thy heav'nly pow'r,
Which arms the noble mind in Sorrow's hour;
Though firm, not savage—'tis thy glorious part
To soften, yet sustain, the virtuous heart!
Whilst Heav'n will bless, and Earth commends the tear,
Which flows respectful o'er a Father's bier.
Sweet to the soul is filial Duty's aid;
O'er midnight Grief, its soft and soothing ray,
Yields the fair promise of a future day.—
Oh bright Religion! 'tis thy heav'nly pow'r,
Which arms the noble mind in Sorrow's hour;
Though firm, not savage—'tis thy glorious part
To soften, yet sustain, the virtuous heart!
Whilst Heav'n will bless, and Earth commends the tear,
Which flows respectful o'er a Father's bier.