The last offices paid by religion to the dead, the hallowed taper, the lifted cross, the solemn requiem, had long since vanished, and the municipal officer returned the dust to dust with unceremonious speed. The lover of Adelaide chose to perform himself those sad functions for the object of his tenderness, and might have exclaimed with our poet,What though no weeping loves thy ashes grace,Nor polifh'd marble emulate thy face;Page 110What though no sacred earth allow thee room,Nor hallowed dirge be mutter'd o'er thy tomb!Yet shall thy grave with rising flow'rs be drest,And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast:There shall the morn her earliest tears bestow,There the first roses of the year shall blow;While angels with their silver wings o'ershadeThe ground now sacred by thy reliques made.
Deadly Silver Angels Torrent
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