Dramatic Scenes With Other Poems, Now First Printed. By Barry Cornwall [i.e. Bryan Waller Procter]. Illustrated |
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ON YORICK,
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ON YORICK,
A LITTLE SPANIEL.
A little life has ended!
Our voices cease to call,
Our eyes to look, for one who was
A favourite with us all.
Our voices cease to call,
Our eyes to look, for one who was
A favourite with us all.
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We miss his eager movements,
His eyes of tender light.
There's something wanting to the Day,
And something to the Night.
His eyes of tender light.
There's something wanting to the Day,
And something to the Night.
Six years we loved and cherished him,
Six years he was our friend;
And we tried to make his little life
Run smoothly to the end.
Six years he was our friend;
And we tried to make his little life
Run smoothly to the end.
A great and terrible Power
Came down and checked his breath:
It comes to Sages, Heroes, Kings,
And then we call it “Death.”
Came down and checked his breath:
It comes to Sages, Heroes, Kings,
And then we call it “Death.”
It came without sound or warning.
A single, feeble cry
Told that the Shadow fell on him,
And time was come—to die!
A single, feeble cry
Told that the Shadow fell on him,
And time was come—to die!
For men unloved and meaner things
Let false vain boastings be;
This verse, my Yorick, shall remain
(An epitaph) for thee!
Let false vain boastings be;
This verse, my Yorick, shall remain
(An epitaph) for thee!
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