Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Rondeaux. IV. Before he passedCharles Dent Bell (18191898)
B
To where he sleeps beneath the yew,
He said, “Weep not; to thee I’ll come,
If spirits ever leave that home
Through whose dark gates I go from you.”
So as he spake life sweeter grew,
And flowered again my heart in bloom,
Before he passed!
He may not tread the avenue
That leadeth from the nether gloom;
Else would he come to this dear room.
I heard his vow,—God heard it too,
Before he passed!