Dwells on each feature where a smile, so cold,

It scarcely might be called the mockery

Of cheerful peace, but just before had been.

. . . . . . . . . .

But, O my mother, weep not thus for her,

The rose, just blown, transported to its home;

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Nor weep that her angelic soul has found

A resting-place with God.

O, let the eye of heaven-born Faith disperse