Excerpt from Composure in Death: A Discourse, Delivered in the Orphan Asylum, New-York, on the Death of Mrs. Sarah Hoffman, First Directress of the Institution, Who Departed This Life, July 30, 1821, Aged 79 YearsA little longer, yet/ a little longer, 0 might I stay to wash away my stains, And fit me -for the passage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.