Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 246 of 258
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This is a concluding page of running prose and poetry. It contains a prose headnote describing the author's death on 24 March 1810 at age thirty-seven after six years of illness, followed by an elegiac poem (signed "W.T.") commemorating her passing. The text frames the poem as the author's final composition, emphasizing her Christian faith and virtuous character as a lasting spiritual guide to mourners. The page number 228 appears at top.
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2998 The concluding poem of this ia: Saal was the last ever composed by the author, who expired at the place where it was written, after six years of protracted malady, on the 24th of March, 1810, zn the thiriy-seventh year of | her age. Her fears of death were perfectly removed before she quitted this scene of trial and suffering ; and her spirit departed to a better state of existence, confi- ding with heavenly joy in the acceptance and love of her Feedeemer. - Ir on this earth she passed in mortal euise, A short and painful pilgrimage, shall we Her sad survivors grieve, that Love divine Removed her timely to perpetual bliss ?}— ‘Thou art not lost !—in chastest song and pure With us still lives thy virtuous mind, and seems A beacon for the weary soul, to guide Her safely through Affection’s winding path, To that eternal mansion gained by thee ! | = ™~ \ Comichooks: com