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In ^Umoriiun<br />

w. F. D.<br />

1888<br />

Mens nive candidior, iiivium depiiigere soUers<br />

Effigies vivas, sole juvante, maims :<br />

Rupibiis aei'iis ingens ubi Caucasus hoiret,<br />

Quam procul, heu !<br />

patria, dulcis amice, jaces.<br />

Nulla suburbano pbsuit te pompa sepulcro,<br />

Nee tibi supremura vox pia dixit Ave.<br />

Discretos cineres cingunt candentia iiiundi<br />

Mcenia ;<br />

custodes sidera sola loci :<br />

Corripuit greuiio diguum Natura niinistrum ;<br />

Pro t\imHlo pictaj stant monimenta nives.<br />

\Vliite soul, in lands of purer light<br />

Who caught the secrets of the snow,<br />

For you no priest performed the rite,<br />

No hireling led the funeral show ;—<br />

Lost on the far Caucasian height.<br />

we only know<br />

We know not how ;<br />

The guardian stars their vigils keep,<br />

The mountain walla their ward extend,<br />

Where Nature holds in quiet sleep<br />

Her own interpreter and friend.<br />

I>. W.

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