2 LEXICON OF 
Signification . . . Mourning. 
Emblem . Pheasant’s Eye. 
Sentiment Sorrowful Remembrance. 
Say not that the ties of affection are riven, 
Although to the grave thy torn heart has resigned 
her ; 
The mandate that called her freed spirit to heaven, 
But lengthened the ties that so fondly entwined her. 
Then weep not for her, — she ? s hut passed on before thee 
To unite in the rapturous anthems above; 
Where sweetly her harp with the ransomed in glory, 
Is attuned to the theme of redemption and love. 
Ay ! joy in the thought, that to her it was given, 
To escape from earth’s snares to the home of the blest ; 
Good, good was the word that removed her to heaven, 
Tor this dark world of sorrow might not be her rest. 
In that far “ better land ” where no sin can assail her, 
And beyond the dark vale, which her Saviour once 
trod, 
Tull glorious her rest — then no longer bewail her — 
*T is the rest that remains to the people of God. 
— Anon. 
