Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Felicia Dorothea Hemans. 17931835622. Dirge
CALM on the bosom of thy God, | |
Fair spirit, rest thee now! | |
E’en while with ours thy footsteps trod, | |
His seal was on thy brow. | |
Dust, to its narrow house beneath! | 5 |
Soul, to its place on high! | |
They that have seen thy look in death | |
No more may fear to die. |