. Dearborn's guide through Mount Auburn : with seventy-six engravings for the benefit of strangers desirous of seeing the clusters of monuments with the least trouble ; with the established rules for the preservation of the cemetery, purchase of lots, and other concerns ... HENRY BLAKE MC CLELLAN. DECEASED 1833, 36. 123, POPLAR AVENUE. We laiely mused beside thy peaceful grave, In Auburns sweet and consecrated shades; Twas Autumn, and a mellow sunset cast Ils golden smile through variegated woods, And sdeiice waved her Iranqnillizing wing. There rose Ihe beech-tree in its dying pomp, Th
. Dearborn's guide through Mount Auburn : with seventy-six engravings for the benefit of strangers desirous of seeing the clusters of monuments with the least trouble ; with the established rules for the preservation of the cemetery, purchase of lots, and other concerns ... HENRY BLAKE MC CLELLAN. DECEASED 1833, 36. 123, POPLAR AVENUE. We laiely mused beside thy peaceful grave, In Auburns sweet and consecrated shades; Twas Autumn, and a mellow sunset cast Ils golden smile through variegated woods, And sdeiice waved her Iranqnillizing wing. There rose Ihe beech-tree in its dying pomp, The maple and the sumac clad in gold, The sycamore in princely garments drest, And the pale silvery birch, kissed by the glowing 38 ISAAC WILLIAMS. LOT 142, WILLOW AVENUE. The bell strikes oue. We lake no note of lime Bu; from its loss: logive it then a tonijuo Is wise in man.— If heard aright, It is the knell of our departed hours. Wliere are tliey ? With the years beyond the flood; It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done ! my hopes and fears Look down—on what ? A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the boujuies o( an hour ?
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