Identifier: poems00scot (find matches)
Title: Poems
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Scott, Julia H. Kinney, 1809-1842 Edgarton, S. C. (Sarah Carter), 1819-1848
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Publisher: Boston : Tompkins & Mussey
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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h in store, As heart hath neer conceived on mortal shore. 215 LINES TO DEATH. Death ! dost thou aim at me,With thine unerring arrow sharp and chill ? Wouldst gain a victoryOer the poor atom which awaits thy will?Speed thy winged shaft! I ask no longer time—My soul is ready for the better clime. I weary of the world—I weary of its coarse and heartless show; Let lifes dim flag be furled ;Let the sick mourner to her chamber go ;Let the racked frame and aching heart find rest—A little space on earths oblivious breast. T is time the feverish strifeOf flesh and spirit should forever cease ; Draw near thou better life,And rend, oh Death ! these bands that yield no peace ;I will not fly thine amputating hand.Surgeon of God ! I wait but thy command! Let but the few who loveThis wasting form, and are beloved by me, 216 My pillow bend above,That on dear faces my last look may be ;And I will bless thee, with my dying breath,Friend of the friendless ! kind, life-giving Death ! C 32 89 -«■
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