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The Chapel

           Whetheranyoftherelativesoftheseamenwhosenamesappearedtherewerenowamongthecongregation,Iknewnot;butsomanyaretheunrecordedaccidentsinthefishery,andsoplainlydidseveralwomenpresentwearthecountenanceifnotthetrappingsofsomeunceasinggrief,thatIfeelsurethatherebeforemewereassembledthose,inwhoseunhealingheartsthesightofthosebleaktabletssympatheticallycausedtheoldwoundstobleedafresh.

           Oh!yewhosedeadlieburiedbeneaththegreengrass;whostandingamongflowerscansayhere,hereliesmybeloved;yeknownotthedesolationthatbroodsinbosomslikethese.Whatbitterblanksinthoseblack-borderedmarbleswhichcovernoashes!Whatdespairinthoseimmovableinscriptions!WhatdeadlyvoidsandunbiddeninfidelitiesinthelinesthatseemtognawuponallFaith,andrefuseresurrectionstothebeingswhohaveplacelesslyperishedwithoutagrave.AswellmightthosetabletsstandinthecaveofElephantaashere.

           Inwhatcensusoflivingcreatures,thedeadofmankindareincluded;whyitisthatauniversalproverbsaysofthem,thattheytellnotales,thoughcontainingmoresecretsthantheGoodwinSands!howitisthattohisnamewhoyesterdaydepartedfortheotherworld,weprefixsosignificantandinfidelaword,andyetdonotthusentitlehim,ifhebutembarksfortheremotestIndiesofthislivingearth;whytheLifeInsuranceCompaniespaydeath-forfeituresuponimmortals;inwhateternal,unstirringparalysis,anddeadly,hopelesstrance,yetliesantiqueAdamwhodiedsixtyroundcenturiesago;howitisthatwestillrefusetobecomfortedforthosewhoweneverthelessmaintainaredwellinginunspeakablebliss;whyallthelivingsostrivetohushallthedead;whereforebuttherumorofaknockinginatombwillterrifyawholecity.Allthesethingsarenotwithouttheirmeanings.

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