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Mount Auburn in Autumn
by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (1787-1860)
(Lot 526, Rose Path)
I love to mark the falling leaf,
To watch the waning moon;
I love to cherish the belief
That all will change so soon.
I love to see the beauteous flowers
In bright succession pass,
As they would deck life’s fleeting hours,
And hide his ebbing glass.
I love the rushing wind to hear
Through the dismantled trees,
And shed the sadly soothing tear
O’er joys that fled like these.
I love to think this glorious earth
Is but a splendid tomb,
Whence man to an immortal birth
Shall rise in deathless bloom; -
That nothing on its bosom dies,
But all in endless change
Shall in some brighter form arise,
Some purer region range.
On this fair couch then rest thy head
In peace thou child of sorrow;
For know the God of truth has said
Thou shalt be changed to-morrow; -
Changed as the saints and angels are
To glories ever new;
Corrupt shall incorruption wear,
And death shall life renew.
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