Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Thomas Edward Brown. 18301897790. Dora
SHE knelt upon her brother’s grave, | |
My little girl of six years old— | |
He used to be so good and brave, | |
The sweetest lamb of all our fold; | |
He used to shout, he used to sing, | 5 |
Of all our tribe the little king— | |
And so unto the turf her ear she laid, | |
To hark if still in that dark place he play’d. | |
No sound! no sound! | |
Death’s silence was profound; | 10 |
And horror crept | |
Into her aching heart, and Dora wept. | |
If this is as it ought to be, | |
My God, I leave it unto Thee. |