Who died June 25, 1816.
1.
O’ER the sad spot where worth departed rests,
Angels of Mercy wave their guardian wings,
A solemn stillness all the scene invests,
And some soft spirit the sad requiem sings.
2.
There fond affection sheds the heart drawn tear,
There Friendship heaves the tributary sigh,
While all that could the cherished mind endear
Passes before the Memory’s lingering eye.
3.
The tears that dropped, oh Callender, for thee,
Owed not their source to any fancied grief;
Wrung from the bursting heart of Misery ,
The drops of Anguish yield no soft relief.
4.
The Widow’s sorrows Time can only heal,
And pour upon her woes sweet comfort’s balm,
Those woes which widowed hearts alone can feel,
Will yield, at length, to Resignation’s calm.
5.
In him, whose loss we mourn, most clearly shone
The light of Virtue–purest ray of Heaven,
Each mental excellence was all his own,
Each milder grace to favoured mortals given.
6.
In the retired scenes of wedded life,
How rare his faithful tenderness and love!
How did the heart of an adoring wife
The sweetest bliss of tenderest union prove!
7.
In worldly splendours and in empty show,
His feelings never shared a vain delight;
From purer sources did his pleasures flow,
Pleasures far dearer in his Maker’s sight.
8.
In the retreat of the domestic sphere,
How did the light of his example shine!
With mild effulgence, gentle, bright and clear,
It shed, o’er all around him, rays benign.
9.
But now, removed from scenes of mortal woe,
His soul beatified, is clothed in light,
The spirits of the Just around him glow,
In Day Eternal, pure, unchanged, and bright.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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