On the Grave of a Child in Morwenstow Churchyard
On the Grave of a Child in Morwenstow Churchyard
Original Text
Rev. R. S. Hawker, The Cornish Ballads And
other Poems (Oxford and London: James Parker, 1869): 172. Facsimile Reproduction
with an intro. by Kay J. Walter and Terence Allan Hoagwood. Delmar, N.Y.:
Scholars' Facsimiles, 1994. PR 4759 H9C6 1869a Robarts Library
2 They see no evil days;
3No falsehood taints their tongue,
4 No wickedness their ways.
5Baptized -- and so made sure
6 To win their safe abode;
7What could we pray for more?
8 They die, and are with God.
Notes
1] This epitaph was "on a stone near the south wall of the Church" and commemorated "the son of the Rev. Ezekiel Athanasius Rouse" (C. E. Byles, The Life and Letters of R. S. Hawker [John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1906]: 142-43). Back to Line
Publication Start Year
1846
Publication Notes
Echoes from Old Cornwall (1846).
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2002
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