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Oh, lie not down, poor mourner, / On the cold earth in despair; / Why give the grave thy homage? / Does the spirit moulder there? / Cling to the Cross, thou lone one, / For it hath power to save. / If the Christian's hope forsake thee, / There's no hope beyond the grave. / HAYNES BAYLEY.
If it be terrible to look upon the face of the beloved dead in the first / hours of dissolution --