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Show For the nraAtii. A.PO STROP HE On the Death of my Mother. rrturry tq jcrsic.) I !?ts thy isaorr, ratr.her diar! And tliooh wt'ti iU.nni:eJ hr, Slj iL'jUlita uy ofl to U. aLove. Mu-.iier dear. Til think upon thee, mothtr iw, Tear mother '. I'll dream thon art beside ma hers. I'll think upon the, mother dear ! , When !otb and joy acd pacs abound; Ad though snch ihtiught will wuto a tsar, Iliou'lt ver in taj hirt le fousd. M..ih.r dear. Thz Teniplt or my heart ahiil , Denr mother. To hold a Cenotaph for tbea ! Til not furg"t tliw, mothtr dear : Whdi) oitow iuiukIim in my cup; Far well I know if thon wen hera How thou wouJd'tt help to bar me up. Mother Uiari Oh ! blessed ahall thy mem'ry l. l-ar mother, For all thy kindness unto me ! And when dinth comn, my mother dear, Tn net my pruou'd spirit fiee, Til still believe ilwn will bo ntar To bear my spirit ccmpacT. il other dear, To that bright sphere, the fpirif hows, bear moltior 1 Where those I doarly loved are gone. |