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Poem
July 31, 1839
Rhode Island Temperance Herald
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
A ghostly voice from a drunkard's grave laments his isolated death without mourners and warns the living, especially youth, to embrace temperance and avoid his fate.
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POETRY.
From the Michigan Temperance Herald.
A Voice from the Grave.
While roving at midnight,
I chanc'd near the tomb
Where the drunkard lies sleeping
In silence and gloom;
While here, the dead silence
A hollow voice broke,
And thus from beneath,
The unearthly one spoke:-
Here low lies the drunkard,
And drear is his bed;
Earth numbers him not
With the virtuous dead;
No sorrowing mourner
Sighs over the tomb;
But shrouded it stands,
In a mantle of gloom!
He died, but no weeping friends
Thronged round his bier;
No pitying mourner
Shed on him a tear;
But they laid him unwept
In this desolate ground,
And his death casts a shadow
Of comfort around.
Come not to the place
Where the drunkard is laid;
But heed ye my warning,
Be temperate and staid.
O youth! come not thou
To this lone place of gloom;
Shun the ways of the drunkard,
And share not his doom.
From the Michigan Temperance Herald.
A Voice from the Grave.
While roving at midnight,
I chanc'd near the tomb
Where the drunkard lies sleeping
In silence and gloom;
While here, the dead silence
A hollow voice broke,
And thus from beneath,
The unearthly one spoke:-
Here low lies the drunkard,
And drear is his bed;
Earth numbers him not
With the virtuous dead;
No sorrowing mourner
Sighs over the tomb;
But shrouded it stands,
In a mantle of gloom!
He died, but no weeping friends
Thronged round his bier;
No pitying mourner
Shed on him a tear;
But they laid him unwept
In this desolate ground,
And his death casts a shadow
Of comfort around.
Come not to the place
Where the drunkard is laid;
But heed ye my warning,
Be temperate and staid.
O youth! come not thou
To this lone place of gloom;
Shun the ways of the drunkard,
And share not his doom.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ballad
What themes does it cover?
Temperance Moderation
Moral Virtue
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Temperance
Drunkard
Grave
Warning
Moral Reform
Death
Poem Details
Title
A Voice From The Grave
Subject
Warning Against Drunkenness
Key Lines
Here Low Lies The Drunkard, And Drear Is His Bed; Earth Numbers Him Not With The Virtuous Dead;
Come Not To The Place Where The Drunkard Is Laid; But Heed Ye My Warning, Be Temperate And Staid.
O Youth! Come Not Thou To This Lone Place Of Gloom; Shun The Ways Of The Drunkard, And Share Not His Doom.