Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
V. Death and BereavementA Death-Bed
James Aldrich (18101856)H
Yet lived she at its close,
And breathed the long, long night away,
In statue-like repose.
Illumed the eastern skies,
She passed through glory’s morning-gate,
And walked in Paradise!