by Anne Steele (1717 - 1778), as Theodosia
Translation by John Gill, Reverend (1697 - 1771)
Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear
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Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this: Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the realms of bliss. No more confin'd to grovelling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay; We rather now should hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
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View text with all available footnotesNote: this adaptation of Anne Steele's poem was used as an inscription on the gravestone of Mrs. Ann Berry (d. 1790). It has also been used as a hymn, for example, in Ellen Courtauld's Psalms, Hymns, &c, 1853.
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- by John Gill, Reverend (1697 - 1771), no title [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Anne Steele (1717 - 1778), as Theodosia, "On the death of Mr. Hervey", appears in Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, first published 1760
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