The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-10-13
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4 gev, wRrTTEN IN "A LONDON CHUROH-


6EEGx, WRITTEN IN "A LONDON CHURCH
YARD-BY'k FRApEslEAE ~ THE vtoINTH
Thsasxton tolls Che kneEl tIll pairing dav.
The latest funeral tT4lu has pad It's tee, D.
The mDurnen a0inswsld take their dreary way s
Ard leave ths scene % typhun and 70 me.
Nov fades fheCfowded graveyard on the sight.
Bot oil, its air who scent thair ncstnls hold,
Save where the heade dlones, eonienied quite
And drOWsy muteA sheif aIHlsin slumpef ioa- r.
Save when, hard BY son soot.inerusied towsl,
s reverend msp does Ger bis port conpiah'
OF such as would, BY sanuoIy poMsi' ,
,Rsss,tl, tbs.s IA mounds. tHsf dead waIl's shade,
VEegs FIov5 20 tu5l above tae nsoudsnHg heap
Tbs foTmeI people q. tie psTsh'slssD,
: ghs ouessy oaIEdf rswaQelbieslhinE morn,
{ IN 81 1feFedibs - to the butchers shed
svs ~ ROME y from their loatliy bed a
Fostbam no more De 6hamber.lisht shall burn,
ere busy doctor BY bis daily oare,
Nor children % their sire from school return,
AMI olmb bis knees the dreaded pest 70 share.
Good folks, imputt not to thsiF.fiends the fault,
= n memory DER theiIbOnes no t1mbgtpnes Faisei
yFhsgs thaTs lie dozens huddlsd in one want,
No'aFt can mark thesp0t where each decays
NodOubt, in this revolving place, are laid,
Hsuds by whosa grasp contsgion was conveyed,
l.Ai sum as electricity b wire
Fullmeny a.gns Of diieat power qnceqn,
The daTk o'erpsOpled graves Of London bear,
Full many pOisOn, born 70 kill unseen,
And spIeadil It's ranknew in the naghbOhng aiF.
Some district surgeon, that with dauntiasE breast
= The epidemic mougst the poor withhold.
Some brave, humane physician here may rest,
Some euFate, maTtgrs 10 infected blood.
To some doom a breast the nOxious vapOf flies
Soase luck less lung the deadly Ieek inspires,
Esvsn from etOmb moTb5g fumes asise,
EV'h in meas ashes live disorder tfea, s.~ss
Forthss,vho. shook a to see th uBhoRoTed dead, s.
Dosk ia hese lines their shameful plight relate .
Some SD sTsvsysII CLEANER shall inqaethy fate
Haply soms muddIe.headed clerk will say,
We used to him al the peep Of dawn,
Shaving with hasty strokes his be2id away,
WhenH' er his wind0W-ouTtains WeTe undraWn.
There would hsstand o,er00kinE PONDER shsd,
That hides those iehcs trQm the pubic eye,
And count the funerals daily going b.
sons morn we hiiss'd him In the Cushioned shop
Behind the counter where he used to be,
Another sefvld nor at bis esfy chop, .
Nor at the Cook y nor at the Cheese WIS ne.
The next By special wish with small array
TO Kensal Green we saw OurNeighbOf borne,
Thither go read &c thou canst Iead) the lay
With which ohnm his headztOne did adoTn.
.THR RPITAPH.
Here fesi with deoeney the bones in earth
OF one o comfort and to heaiih unknown,
hIiasmR ever plagued his humble hearth
And seaIatns mark him for her own
Long wa6his Illness tedious and severe,
Had By a London chuIohyaTd dwell our friend;
He follOW'dto the grave neighbor's bier,
He mel thereby Ctwas what he ieaTd) bis end,
No longer seek corruption 20 enclose
{ Within the places Of mankind's abode :;
But far ff0m eiues let our dust FepOse
Where daisies blossom on the Vefdant ol0d.-PNRch.