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WEEP NOT FOR HIM THAT DIETH, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah! Bless'd are they for whom, 'mid all their pains
Last Line: As I, my mother, claim'd my place in thine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Pearce; Stirling-maxwell, Lady; Norton, The Honourable Mrs. Caroline
Subject(s): Mothers


AH! bless'd are they for whom, 'mid all their pains,
That faithful and unalter'd love remains;
Who, Life wreck'd round them--hunted from their rest,
And by all else forsaken or distressed--
Claim, in one heart their sanctuary and shrine--
As I, my Mother, claim'd my place in thine.





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