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This is the sonnet which was cut on the stone above Mercy's grave:--
EMIGRAVIT.
With sails full set, the s.h.i.+p her anchor weighs; Strange names s.h.i.+ne out beneath her figure-head: What glad farewells with eager eyes are said!
What cheer for him who goes, and him who stays!
Fair skies, rich lands, new homes, and untried days Some go to seek: the rest but wait instead Until the next stanch s.h.i.+p her flag shall raise.
Who knows what myriad colonies there are Of fairest fields, and rich, undreamed-of gains, Thick-planted in the distant s.h.i.+ning plains Which we call sky because they lie so far?
Oh, write of me, not,--"Died in bitter pains,"
But, "Emigrated to another star!"
