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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

James Aldrih 1810-1856 John Bartlett

 
1
    Her suffering ended with the day,
  Yet lived she at its close,
And breathed the long, long night away
  In statue-like repose.
          A Death-Bed.
2
    But when the sun in all his state
  Illumed the eastern skies,
She passed through Glory’s morning-gate,
  And walked in Paradise. 1 
          A Death-Bed.
 
Note 1.
Thomas Hood: The Death Bed, page 591. Phœbe Cary: The Wife, page 171. [back]
 


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