Amy Lowell - Epitaph in a Church-Yard in Charleston, South Carolina

GEORGE  AUGUSTUS  CLOUGH
A NATIVE OF LIVERPOOL,
DIED SUDDENLY OF "STRANGER'S FEVER"
NOV'R 5th 1843
AGED 22

He died of "Stranger's Fever" when his youth
Had scarcely melted into manhood, so
The chiselled¹ legend runs; a brother's woe
Laid bare for epitaph.  The savage² ruth
Of a sunny, bright, but alien land, uncouth
With cruel caressing³ dealt a mortal blow,
And by this summer sea where flowers grow
In tropic splendor⁴, witness to the truth
Of ineradicable race he lies.
The law of duty urged that he should roam,
Should sail from fog and chilly⁵ airs to skies
Clear with deceitful welcome.  He had come
With proud resolve, but still his lonely eyes
Ached with fatigue⁶ at never seeing home.