Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. IV. The Nineteenth Century: Wordsworth to Rossetti
Walter Savage Landor (17751864)Children Playing in a Churchyard
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Your kindred angels plainly say
By God’s authority ye may.
It teaches you to banish fear;
The lesson lies on all sides near.
In Nature’s face will look more sad,
And ask where are those smiles she had?
Play on, play on, for then (who knows?)
Ye who play here may here repose.