An acrostic: to Miss Sarah Ann Tappan

Poem of consolation on death of a parent. Poem of consolation on death of a parent. Within meander border of type ornaments. "Sarah Ann Tappan" in subtitle made up of initial letters of lines of poem. Printed area measures: 9.2 x 6.7 cm. Poem in one stanza of five lines, one of three and one of six, corresponding to letters of Miss Tappan's name. Type-signed at end: A** T******N. Waterbury, Vt. May 24, 1832.