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[pie ,f0Bowrng poem ~vaswritten o;ver forty years agq on th? ;waHs o_ f tfae old -,01'!-u :rch in Blandford Cemetery, :Pete:r~bMrg, V,}, "t,y a str,rnger." 'fh ,e anther is stm t~nkrici'.wtL] 'L'liou art crumbling to the dust, old pile; 'l'hron art hastening to tli1y fall, _And 'ro~ncl thee in thy lone~!ness Clings the ivy to thy wall. 'l'he wcirshippe1:s arc scattered .now Who kr1e1tbefore thy shr_ine, And ·silence reign,, whe ,re anthems rose, Ih ~lays of "Auld Lang Syne." Anclsadly si-ghs the wandei :ing w.ihcl, ~here oft,'in years go,fle by, '. , !Prayers 1·ose f rom mauy hear ,ts ·to Hi'in, · 1'fae Highest of the High : The tramp of many a bu.sy foot That sought qiy aisles, is o'er, Artcl ma;ny a weary heart around ls still forever more. How cloth ambition's hope takie wing, How droops the spirit now; . We hear the dlistant city'11.di!~; '1. l:'11e-~le~(,]ar e"rrrnhe ~elow. '.l''he sun tha,t shone upon -their paths . Now gilds their -lonely graves ,; The zephyrs which once fanned their br0ws '.rhe grass above them waves. Oh, could we call the many back Who've g·at.hered 11e~·eilil vain, Who' ·ve car!'less roved where we do no\y, Who'll ,nefer tneet agaiH; wonlcl our ve1·y s0uls .b~ stir1·ed, 1 , ,J:fow: '1'0 meet the ean ¥est gaze ' ~ ' ' Oi the lo¥dy and the -beat 1tifu'I,· ' 'l1he ilights of ol111e1 ': days ".