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<p>I looked upon my girls & boys<lb/> | |||
'' | Now of a mother's love bereft –<lb/> | ||
Tho' heaven had shaded many joys<lb/> | |||
Some yet unclouded <del>yet</del> <add>joys</add> were left –<lb/> | |||
And I could hope that He who pours<lb/> | |||
Fresh waters from the rock that's cleft, –<lb/> | |||
He who destroys & who restores,<lb/> | |||
Would retribute death's cruel theft</p> | |||
<p>And thus I mused – & thus I taught<lb/> | |||
Life's comforts to return again:-<lb/> | |||
Alas! death's cruelties are nought<lb/> | |||
Sought to the cruelties of men –<lb/> | |||
A fiercer tyrant far than death –<lb/> | |||
The white man came – I cried in vain –<lb/> | |||
<del>He came <gap/></del> <add><del>Both fathered</del> For <unclear>tears</unclear> & silks</add> – & smothered breath<lb/> | |||
Could neither soothe nor snap the chain.</p> | |||
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I looked upon my girls & boys
Now of a mother's love bereft –
Tho' heaven had shaded many joys
Some yet unclouded yet joys were left –
And I could hope that He who pours
Fresh waters from the rock that's cleft, –
He who destroys & who restores,
Would retribute death's cruel theft
And thus I mused – & thus I taught
Life's comforts to return again:-
Alas! death's cruelties are nought
Sought to the cruelties of men –
A fiercer tyrant far than death –
The white man came – I cried in vain –
He came Both fathered For tears & silks – & smothered breath
Could neither soothe nor snap the chain.
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sir john bowring |
c ansell 1825 |
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