Chapter LXIX

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Last of the Signers! a good night to thee!
Alas! that such brave spirits must depart:
Peace to thy ashes--to thy memory
A monument in every living heart.
It gives the spirit strength, endurance, pride,
A lofty purpose, unto thine allied,
To muse upon thy glory--'tis to stand,
As 'twere, upon thy hearth, and hold thee by the hand.