The poetical remains of William Sidney Walker ... Edited with a memoir of the author by the Rev. J. Moultrie |
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SONNET.
[They say that thou wert lovely on thy bier]
They say that thou wert lovely on thy bier,More lovely than in life; that, when the thrall
Of earth was loos'd, it seem'd as though a pall
Of years were lifted, and thou didst appear
Such, as of old amidst thy home's calm sphere
Thou satst, a kindly Presence, felt by all
In joy or grief, from morn to evening-fall,
The peaceful Genius of that mansion dear.
—Was it the craft of all-persuading Love
That wrought this marvel? or is Death indeed
A mighty Master, gifted from above
With alchemy benign, to wounded hearts
Ministring thus, by quaint and subtle arts,
Strange comfort, whereon after-thought may feed?
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