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Title: Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Flagg, Wilson, 1805-1884. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Mount Auburn cemetery. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Boston and Cambridge, J. Munroe and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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THOSE WHO FELL AT THERMOPYLAE. In dark Thermopylse they lie ;O death of glory, there to die! 212 MOUNT AUBURN. Their tomb an altar is, their nameA mighty heritage of fame :Their dirge is triumph — cumbering rust,And Time that turneth all to dust —That tomb shall never waste nor hide, —The tomb of Avarriors true and tried.The full voiced praise of Greece aroundLies buried in that sacred mound ;Where Spartas King Leonidas,In death eternal glory has. By the sanre : — ON THE SAME. These for their native land, through deaths dark shade,Who freely passed, now deathless glory wear. They die not; but by Virtues sovereign aid,Are borne from Hades to the upper air. By the same : — ON THOSE WHO FELL AT THE EURYMEDON. These by the streams of famed EurymedonTheir envied youths short-brilliant race have run :In swift-winged ships, and on th embattled field,Alike they forced the Median bows to yield,Breaking their foremost ranks. Now here they lie,Their names inscribed on rolls of victory.
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CONSECRATION DELL. This is the name given to the valley which was the spot chosen forthe service of consecration. The engraving represents the appearanceof the dell on one side, the monument in the foreground being placednear the point where the orator stood, and the opposite slope being occu-pied by the crowd of persons who assembled to hear the address. Atpresent this is a very imposing hollow, containing Forest Pond in thecentre, and surrounded by paths and grounds laid out in the most pleas-ing and appropriate style of art. The monuments erected in the sur-rounding lots are seen to better advantage than any others perhaps inthe Cemetery. There are many noble trees of the primitive grounds inthis basin, among which are some tall beech trees, a species which isnot very common in the vicinity. 21-1 MOUNT AUBURN. GRAVES WITHOUT A STONE. Not every good, nor every great man, lias had a monu-ment erected over his grave. Many a hero and manya philanthropist lies in a grave that is unmarke

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