Undeck'd by sculpture's trophies - Smith, John Stafford

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""Epitaph in Weston chuch yard near Bath, upon an innkeeper's daughter aged ten years". The text is probably apocryphal, being recorded in tea-table miscellanies with various names, occupations, and ages. The parish has no record of this memorial."

◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → ATT ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 66060

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2021-10-04

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¶Lyrics / Text

Undeck'd by sculpture's trophies gay, This stone no flatt'ring tale can tell Of her who claims this simple lay, Of her who fills this narrow cell; Save that in beauty's early bloom The path of innocence she trod, Save that her childhood found a tomb, Save that her spirit rests with God.