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A Dirge.
Oh! mournful and dark was that day to me
Which closed o’er thy wat’ry tomb;
And brief and sad
shall the requiem be
That uselessly weeps thy doom.
—
No shroud had’st thou but the green seaweed,
No
dirge but the sea-bird’s cry;
And the noxious things of
Ocean breed,
Where thy cold relics lie.
Yet over
that spot shall memory linger
Where thou from life
dids’t part;
And never shall time’s effacing finger
Wear out thy love from my heart.
For thou wert pure
as the diamond stone,
That drinks and glows with the
beam of morn
And the Muse had mark’d thee for her
own,
Though from her soon was the bright gem torn
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Identifier | hsc0035 |
| Title | 1815, A Dirge: poem, |
| Date | 1815 |
| Creator | Smith, Daniel B., 1792-1883 |
| Gender of Author | M |
| Age of Author | 20-30 |
| Identified People | Cope, Francis, 1794-1816 |
| Subject |
Bereavement--Religious aspects--Society of Friends Drowning Dirges Death--Religious aspects--Society of Friends |
| Notes |
Francis Cope drowned at Cape May, New Jersey, while swimming. From Francis Joseph Stokes, Jr.’s Stokes Cope Emlen Evans: Genealogical Charts of Four Closely Associated Germantown Families, 1682-1982 (Philadelphia: 1982). Daniel B. Smith went on to become associated with the foundation of Haverford College and served as one of its first professors. |
| Language | English |
| Watermark | Y |
| Embossing | N |
| Repository | Haverford College Special Collections |
| Source | MS Coll 1170 |
| Online Finding Aid | http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/copeevans/ |
| Rights | Copyright Notice: Please be aware that materials you find here are governed by U.S. copyright law, and that to reproduce them for any purpose other than study may be a violation of federal law. If you wish to reproduce materials for any other reason, please contact Haverford Special Collections for permission at HC-Special@haverford.edu. |
| Display Format | image/jpeg |
| Institution | Haverford College |
| Department | Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections |
| Collection | Cope - Evans family papers, 1732-1911 |
Description
| Identifier | hsc0035 |
| Title | hsc0035_01 |
| Language | English |
| Repository | Haverford College Special Collections |
| Source | MS Coll 1170 |
| Online Finding Aid | http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/aids/copeevans/ |
| Rights | Copyright Notice: Please be aware that materials you find here are governed by U.S. copyright law, and that to reproduce them for any purpose other than study may be a violation of federal law. If you wish to reproduce materials for any other reason, please contact Haverford Special Collections for permission at HC-Special@haverford.edu. |
| Transcript |
A Dirge . Oh! mournful and dark was that day to me Which closed o’er thy wat’ry tomb ; And brief and sad shall the requiem be That uselessly weeps thy doom. — No shroud had’st thou but the green seaweed , No dirge but the sea-bird’s cry ; And the noxious things of Ocean breed , Where thy cold relics lie . Yet over that spot shall memory linger Where thou from life dids’t part ; And never shall time’s effacing finger Wear out thy love from my heart . For thou wert pure as the diamond stone , That drinks and glows with the beam of morn And the Muse had mark’d thee for her own , Though from her soon was the bright gem torn |
| Display Format | image/jpeg |
| Institution | Haverford College |
| Department | Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections |
| Collection | Cope - Evans family papers, 1732-1911 |
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