IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V. {/ <^ 4^ i^ A /a 1.0 I.I 1.25 ■^ 1^ III 2.2 1^ 1^ lllllio 1.8 U IIIIII.6 V] f 4 5 6 1 IN MEMORIAMI The Hon. T D. Mc(JEE. DctUcatcd tcf lii.$ isiu waiving Widuw. " Cum liigente, lugebo," Deftd !— smd by a ileatli terrific !— Hut no longer chained in wonder Krin, honr it !— Can it be, Shall admiring thronga rejoice. The youn? spirit so ))rollfic Or givo back applause in thunder Beiits no more in great McGec t To the m'igic of /((.■' voice ! J His iriic .'— brealc it gently— Hope, though like a paraphelion. Oh ! l«!t iileasure hold her breath ! Cheers u« in our awful gloom : For 'tis true that tongue so mighty For 'tis sweet to ' ■ w Rdigion Now lies cold in BiUnt death ! Smoothed his pathway to the tonili. IJroatho his name in muffled numbers ! Noblest forms must, soon or later. Gather, nations, round his biir ! Mingle with their kindred dust, Gozo ujion lilm as he slumlKjrs, While their spirits rise to brighter Starting jiity's choieost tear ! Regions of the happy jiwf. Nature see>as to've caught the spirit Spirits ! bear his soul to heaven ! Of his and, yet noble, fall. And, what's left, — a glorious nuiuc'— And, through sympathy for merit, Bj it reverently given Drops to-day her rirgin pall. To be canonized by fame ! Envy may spit all her rancour — Ah ! but who am consolation Strike at honesty her best— To his orphans now impart ! ^e but does his body honour. Or can sooth in dereliction While she s nds his soul to rest. His poor widow's breaking heart ! Patriot, orator, and statesman Let us breathe a Deprofundis, Of unsullied purity ; That a bright eternity , With such iww'rs were Intorwoven May receive! the spirit of his Fairest flow'rs of povtru. Own originality! CrllANU SKMIXArtV, Jlaiitri'dl, »lh April, 18rt8. V. J. BUCKLKV. ; r