Epitaph

        Our loved ones lay them down to sleep
            And leave us here to grieve and mourn,
        While we, our silent watches keep,
            O'er their low graves whence they are bourne.
        Some heroes are in battle slain,
            Their names are honored far and near,
        While others die on beds of pain
            And no sad mourner sheds a tear.

        This day we honor each and all
            Whose soul has left its temporal case;
        And be he great, or be he small,
            We'll reverence his resting place.

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In Memoriam. - Colonel Samuel Colt,

Died at Hartford, on Friday morning, January 10th, 1862.


And hath he fallen,--whom late we saw
    In manly vigor bold?
That stately form,--that noble face,
    Shall we no more behold?--
Not now of the renown we speak
    That gathers round his name,
For other climes beside our own
    Bear witness to his fame;

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Shall he, on whom the fair lord, Delphicus,
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Shall he, the son of that resplendent Muse,
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I come, ye little noisy Crew,
Not long your pastime to prevent;
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Our common Friend and Father sent.
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And when his breath was fled,
I raised, while kneeling by his side,
His hand:, it dropped like lead.
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Like his till they are dead.
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Play with the locks of his white hair,
Or stand between his knees again.
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