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Those forms "together," and the woe was "brief." Thus closed thy day in darkness and in tears; Thus waned a life, alas! too full of pain; But O thou noble woman! thy brief life, Though full of sorrows, was not lived in vain. No more a pilgrim o'er a weary waste, With light ineffable thy mind is crowned; Heaven's richest lore is thine own heritage; All height is gained, thy "kingdom" now is found. * * * * * TO THE MEMORY OF MARGARET FULLER. BY E. OAKES SMITH. We hailed thee, Margaret, from the sea, We hailed thee o'er the wave, And little thought, in greeting thee, Thy home would be a grave. We blest thee in thy laurel crown, And in the myrtle's sheen,-- Rejoiced thy noble worth to own, Still joy, our tears between. We hoped that many a happy year Would bless thy coming feet; And thy bright fame grow brighter here, By Fatherland made sweet. Gone, gone! with all thy glorious thought,-- Gone with thy waking life,-- With the green chaplet Fame had wrought,-- The joy of Mother, Wife. Oh! who shall dare thy harp to take, And pour upon the air The clear, calm music, that should wake The heart to love and prayer! The lip, all eloquent, is stilled And silent with its trust,-- The heart, with Woman's greatness filled, Must crumble to the dust: But from thy _great heart_ we will take New courage for the strife; From petty ills our bondage break, And labor with new life. Wake up, in darkness though it be, To better truth and light; Patient in toil, as we saw thee, In searching for the light; And mindless of the scorn it brings, For 't is in desert land That angels come with sheltering wings To lead us by the hand. Courageous one! thou art not lost, Though sleeping in the wave; Upon its chainless billows tost, For thee is fitting grave. * * * * * SLEEP SWEETLY, GENTLE CHILD.[A] [The only child of the Marchioness Ossoli, well known as Margaret Fuller, is buried in the Valley Cemetery, at Manchester, N.H. There is always a vase of flowers placed near the grave, and a marble slab, with a cross and lily sculptured upon it, bears this inscription: "In Memory of Angelo Eugene Philip Ossoli, who was born at Rieti, in Italy, 5th September,
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