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Wasted, weary,—wherefore stay Wrestling thus with earth and clay! From the body pass away!— Hark! the mass is singing. From thee doff thy mortal weed, Mary Mother be thy speed, Saints to help thee at thy need! Hark! the knell is ringing. Fear not snow-drift driving past, Sleet, or hail, or levin blast; Soon the shroud shall lap thee fast, And the sleep be on thee cast That shall know no waking. Haste thee, haste thee to be gone, Earth flits past, and time draws on,— Gasp thy gasp, and groan thy groan, Day is near the breaking.
Wasted, weary,—wherefore stay Wrestling thus with earth and clay! From the body pass away!— Hark! the mass is singing. From thee doff thy mortal weed, Mary Mother be thy speed, Saints to help thee at thy need! Hark! the knell is ringing. Fear not snow-drift driving past, Sleet, or hail, or levin blast; Soon the shroud shall lap thee fast, And the sleep be on thee cast That shall know no waking. Haste thee, haste thee to be gone, Earth flits past, and time draws on,— Gasp thy gasp, and groan thy groan, Day is near the breaking.
Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- Sir Walter Scott
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- Approximate author period: c. 1801 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 279 · printed citation: Sir Walter Scott. · compiler notes excluded
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