Hymn For The Anniversary Of The Death Of The Princess Charlotte

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Title:     Hymn For The Anniversary Of The Death Of The Princess Charlotte
Author: William Lisle Bowles [More Titles by Bowles]

Lo! where youth and beauty lie,
Cold within the tomb!
As the spring's first violets die,
Withered in their bloom.
O'er the young and buried bride,
Let the cypress wave:
A kingdom's hope, a kingdom's pride,
Recline in yonder grave.

Place the vain expected child,
Gently, near her breast!
It never wept, it never smiled,
But seeks its mother's rest.
Hark! we hear the general cry!
Hark! the passing bell!
A thousand, thousand bosoms sigh,
A long and last farewell!

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William Lisle Bowles's poem: Hymn For The Anniversary Of The Death Of The Princess Charlotte

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