It mutely spoke a Heaven of bliss;
It seemed an angel left the skies,
And sealed her lips with a serepb’s kiss
Insatiate Death soon called again;
■My son,’ said he, ‘prepare to die;
Your days on earth will soon be o’er.
And in the grave you sure must lie.’
To heaven he raised his streaming eye.
And Mercy spake in accents mild,
•The debt is cancelled—sin no more;’
And Grave received her darling child.
His dying lips burst forth in joy.
In unknown strains his accents fell;
‘AH glory to the Lamb that died.
•I soon with Christ shall dwell.
•Mourn not, my friends,’ said he,
•Death has no sting—the pain is past;
’l’ll sing and shout redeeming love
Whilst life with me shall last.
His dying partner by his side,
Strove hard her faith to prove;
•Oh! tell him quick,’said she,
•I’ll meet him soon in heaven above.
She kissed the rod and meekly bowed,
Beneath God’s chastning love,
And angel bore her sweetly on,
To meet him in her home above.
They’re gone, and in the grave.
All side by side they peaceful lie;
No patn vi sim-tiw «vonnore
Shall ditn the sorrowing eye.
We’ll leave the unftding green.
Fit emblem to adore their tomb:
A Father’s love has plated it there,
And Friendship long eoall bid it bloom.
The winds their requiem sh, 11 sing,
And mourn within the shadowy grove
That hallowed spot they chose to lie,
And sealed their wish with dying love.
The Charge of McDonald,
RY T. J. HEEDLY.
This formed the crisis of the battie.
