James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
May 16Mrs. Hemans
By B. Hallock(Died May 16, 1835)
Q
Swept o’er the earth in music many-toned,
Bearing along tales of historic lore,
With triple immortality enzoned;
Where dwells thy spirit in that brighter world,
With the innumerous dead of other days?
In what bright orb hast thou thy pinions furled?
What star of beauty trembles to thy lays?
Thine was a lofty strain; thy lyre gave back
The voice of God in ever-glowing song
Melodiously, as o’er its fairy track
Swept the full tide of harmony along—
Thy spirit’s purity breathed on thy lyre,
Bathing its music in seraphic fire.