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...concluding lines fall upon the ear as if uttered by some warning angel. . " So live, that whea thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged...

...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-haired man — Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy side, By those, who, in their turn, shall follow...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of...

...years, matron, and maid, And the sweet babe, and the gray-headed man, — Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of...

...thy side, By those, who, in their turn, shall follow them. 78 THANATOP8IS. So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that...quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of...

...hour is past ; and I close with the last — the fondest wish of my heart — " So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of Death — Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night...

...caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon ; hut, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery...

...spirit of kindness which bears the fine moral to the depths of the heart : ' So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that...night, Scourged to his dungeon ; but, sustain'd and sooth VI By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch....

...one be gather'd to thy side, By those who. in their lurn, shall follow Ihem. So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent hnlls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry -slave, at night,...

...but less of epigrammatic quaintness. The following is a fine admonition : — So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that...quarry-slave, at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one that draws the drapery...