Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
My Ladys GraveEmily Brontë (18181848)
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The moor-lark in the air,
The bee among the heather bells
That hide my lady fair:
The wild birds raise their brood;
And they, her smiles of love caress’d,
Have left her solitude!
Did first her form retain,
They thought their hearts could ne’er recall
The light of joy again.
Uncheck’d through future years;
But where is all their anguish now?
And where are all their tears?
Or pleasure’s shade pursue—
The dweller in the land of death
Is changed and careless too.
Till sorrow’s source were dry,
She would not, in her tranquil sleep,
Return a single sigh?
And murmur, summer streams!
There is no need of other sound
To soothe my lady’s dreams.