THAMUTA

THE SPIRIT OF DEATH

AND

OTHER POEMS.

"When we see

Nought in the universe but Death and Thee,
When from Thy justice to Thy love we fly,
On nature's conflict look with pitying eye,

Bid the strong wind, the fire, the earthquake cease,
Come in the still small voice, and whisper-peace!"
MRS. HEMANS.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY ROBERT FENN,

CHARING CROSS.

1837.

229.

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LONDON:

C. RICHARDS, PRINTER, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, CHARING CROSS.

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MY MOTHER

THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

PART I.

ARGUMENT.

ADDRESS to the Spirit of Death. The Palace of Death. The throne and crown. The possessions of Death. Egyptian tombs and mummies. Funereal vases and ashes. Vaults of later time. Shrines of Saints. Chiefs buried in armour. Monumental effigies. The outlet to the Hall of Death. Cairns. Graves of the city and of the country. The churchyard on a broken-down cliff. The sea and its dead. Mrs. Hemans. The appearance of Thamuta, Spirit of Death. Her flight to visit the sons of men.

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