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-"I have seen many monuments on which art had exhausted itself to excite the sensibilities of nature. But I have seen none to affect me more than this simple and delicate memento of departed innocence." --Rural Funerals--WASH. IRVING
I saw it in in freshest hue, Amidst the funeral gloom, Just as the blighting dew of tears Fell on it o'er her tomb; And to this sweet memorial Of innocence and grace, I paused to consecrate my thoughts Within that sacred pace.