Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
In Memory of James T. FieldsJohn Greenleaf Whittier (18071892)
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Long and sad farewells to say
Glides with smiling face away,
Of thy happy life possess’d
Thou hast left us at thy best.
Thou art waiting, all that here
Made thy earthly presence dear;
On a ground of wonder cast,
In the stiller waters glass’d!
Let the mortal only be
Clothed in immortality.
Thine upon the asphodel,
Let thy old smile greet us well.