Nor cull from speeches phrases undefined;
Leave them among the shadows to repose,
And in Reform a hopeful future find.
From Echoes from the Clubs. July 24, 1867.
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An Elegy on Cremation.
Above yon mantel, in the new screen’s shade,
Where smokes the coal in one dull smouldering heap,
Each in his patent urn for ever laid,
The baked residua of our fathers sleep—