James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
June 12Bryant Dead!
By Paul Hamilton Hayne (18301886)(Died June 12, 1878)
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The solemn angel of eternal peace
Has waved a wand of mystery o’er his head,
Touched his strong heart, and bade his pulses cease.
Pallid and cold, divorced from earthly breath,
With tranquil brow, lax hands, and dreamless eyes,
Yet the closed lips would seem to smile at death.
Brings purer freedom, loftier thought and aim;
And, in grand truce with immortality,
Lifts to song’s fadeless heaven his star-like fame!