Two Epitaphs On A Young Lady Who Lived Neglected And Died Obscure

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Title:     Two Epitaphs On A Young Lady Who Lived Neglected And Died Obscure
Author: Charles Lamb [More Titles by Lamb]

(1801 _or_ 1802)

I

Under this cold marble stone
Lie the sad remains of one
Who, when alive, by few or none
Was lov'd, as lov'd she might have been,
If she prosp'rous days had seen,
Or had thriving been, I ween.
Only this cold funeral stone
Tells, she was beloved by one,
Who on the marble graves his moan.

II

A Heart which felt unkindness, yet complained not,
A Tongue which spake the simple Truth, and feigned not:
A Soul as white as the pure marble skin
(The beauteous Mansion it was lodged in)
Which, unrespected, could itself respect,
On Earth was all the Portion of a Maid
Who in this common Sanctuary laid,
Sleeps unoffended by the World's neglect.

[The end]
Charles Lamb's poem: Two Epitaphs On A Young Lady Who Lived Neglected And Died Obscure

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