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Title: Mount Auburn: its scenes, its beauties, and its lessons
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Flagg, Wilson, 1805-1884. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Mount Auburn cemetery. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Boston and Cambridge, J. Munroe and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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elightful sentimentswhich are so needful to the comfort of the mourner, andso grateful to all who come to the grave to meditate. BURIAL AT MOUNT AUBURN OF A CHILD OF THEREV. MR. WATERSTON. By Mrs. Sigourney. Rest in Mount Auburns sacred arms, Oh ! early called to layThe blossom of this mortal life Down in unconscious clay. Sleep mid its flowers, thou cherished form, For Summers hand hath shedHer glowing charms profusely forth To deck the dreamless bed. And Avhat so fitting for thy couch. Which Love had ever drest,As yon unfolding buds that hide The dew-drops in their breast. 60 MOUNT AUBURN. But for the spirit, pure and sweet,Earth yields no symbol fair, The fulness of that bliss to showWhich it hath risen to share. And ye, who night and day deplore With keen, paternal pang.The silence of that home that erst With infant gladness rang; Press to your wounds, like healing balm,The faith that conquers pain, — Sees the child-angel in the skies,And feels how great its gain. 3,, t rf^ nag.
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THE LELAND TOMB. This is situated opposite the Gate, and below the eminence on Tvliichthe Chapel stands. It has a granite front, surmounted with an urn.The whole is simple, durable, sensible, and without ostentation. G2 MOUNT AUBURN. ANCIENT INTERMENTS IN GEEAT BRITAIN. From Pennants Tour in Wales. Sepulchral tumuli are very frequent in the villageof Llanarmon. I Avas present at the opening of one,composed of loose stones and earth, covered with a layerof soil about two feet thick ; and over that a coat ofverdant turf. In the course of oiir search were dis-covered, towards the middle of the tumulus, severalurns made of sun-burnt clay, of a reddish color on theoutside, black within, being stained with the ashes theycontained. Each was placed with the mouth downwards,on a flat stone; above each was another, to preservethem from being broken by the weight above. Mixedwith the loose stones Avere numerous fragments of bones.These had escaped the effects of the fire of the funeralpile, and

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