English poem
EPITAPH ON A FRIEND.
by John Carr (1793–1845)
By painful sickness long severely prest, Here sinks, on Nature’s sacred lap of rest, A friend, who, in a life too short, display’d A mind in virtue bright, without one shade. Hence with unusual grief is Fondness mov’d, Hence more than Pity’s sighs for one belov’d; Unshaken Honour sheds a manly tear, And weeping Virtue stops, a mourner here.
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