Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
Salve!Thomas Edward Brown (18301897)
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But, if God make a day,
And some one come, and say,
‘Lo! I have gather’d faggots in the wood!’
E’en let him stay,
And light a fire, and fan a temporal mood!
That he the path can read,
Then bid the man God-speed!
His morning is not thine: yet must thou own
They have a cheerful warmth—those ashes on the stone.