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Poem
June 14, 1803
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A daughter's heartfelt epitaph for her deceased mother, praising simple natural monuments over grand ones and expressing longing to reunite in death.
Merged-components note: Section title 'Miscellaneous Repository EPITAPH' merged with the following epitaph poem on the death of a daughter.
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Miscellaneous Repository
EPITAPH.
Daughter
A H.I. Shade rever'd! this frail memorial take,
Tis all, alas! thy sorrowing child can make,
On this faint stone to mark thy parent worth,
And claim the spot that holds thy sainted earth?
This clay-cold shrine-the corpse enshrouded here,
This holy hillock bath'd with many a tear,
Thee kindred flowers that on thy bosom grow,
Fed by the sacred dust that sleeps below;
E'en these rude brambles that embrace thy head,
And this green sod that forms thy sacred bed,
Are richer, dearer, to this filial heart,
Than all the monuments of proudest art;
Yet, yet a little, and thy child shall come,
To join a mother in this humble tomb;
This only spot, of all the world is mine,
And soon my dust, sweet saint, shall sleep with thine.
EPITAPH.
Daughter
A H.I. Shade rever'd! this frail memorial take,
Tis all, alas! thy sorrowing child can make,
On this faint stone to mark thy parent worth,
And claim the spot that holds thy sainted earth?
This clay-cold shrine-the corpse enshrouded here,
This holy hillock bath'd with many a tear,
Thee kindred flowers that on thy bosom grow,
Fed by the sacred dust that sleeps below;
E'en these rude brambles that embrace thy head,
And this green sod that forms thy sacred bed,
Are richer, dearer, to this filial heart,
Than all the monuments of proudest art;
Yet, yet a little, and thy child shall come,
To join a mother in this humble tomb;
This only spot, of all the world is mine,
And soon my dust, sweet saint, shall sleep with thine.
What sub-type of article is it?
Epitaph
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Epitaph
Daughter
Mother
Mourning
Tomb
Filial Piety
Poem Details
Title
Daughter
Subject
Epitaph For A Mother
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
A H.I. Shade Rever'd! This Frail Memorial Take,
Yet, Yet A Little, And Thy Child Shall Come,
To Join A Mother In This Humble Tomb;