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We mourn for those who toil, The slave who ploughs the main, Or him who hopeless tills the soil Beneath the stripe and chain; For those who in the world’s hard race, O’erwearied and unblest, A host of restless phantoms chase,— Why mourn for those who rest? We mourn for those who sin, Bound in the tempter’s snare, Whom syren pleasure beckons in To prisons of despair, Whose hearts, by whirlwind passions torn, Are wrecked on folly’s shore,— But why in sorrow should we mourn For those who sin no more? We mourn for those who weep, Whom stern afflictions bend With anguish o’er the lowly sleep Of lover or of friend;— But they to whom the sway Of pain and grief is o’er, Whose tears our God hath wiped away Oh! mourn for them no more!
We mourn for those who toil, The slave who ploughs the main, Or him who hopeless tills the soil Beneath the stripe and chain; For those who in the world’s hard race, O’erwearied and unblest, A host of restless phantoms chase,— Why mourn for those who rest? We mourn for those who sin, Bound in the tempter’s snare, Whom syren pleasure beckons in To prisons of despair, Whose hearts, by whirlwind passions torn, Are wrecked on folly’s shore,— But why in sorrow should we mourn For those who sin no more? We mourn for those who weep, Whom stern afflictions bend With anguish o’er the lowly sleep Of lover or of friend;— But they to whom the sway Of pain and grief is o’er, Whose tears our God hath wiped away Oh! mourn for them no more!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mrs. Sigourney (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 407 · printed citation: Mrs. Sigourney · subject: MOURNING
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