George Willis Cooke, comp. The Poets of Transcendentalism: An Anthology. 1903.
One about to dieEllen Sturgis Hooper (18121848)
O
Of one about to die—
When friends, with a sad smile,
And aching heart the while,
Every caprice allow,
Nor deem it worth while now
To check the restless will
Which death so soon shall still.