Dirge

By Felicia Dorothea Hemans

1793-1835


CALM on the bosom of thy God,
         Fair spirit, rest thee now!
E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod,
         His seal was on thy brow.

Dust, to its narrow house beneath!
         Soul, to its place on high!
They that have seen thy look in death
         No more may fear to die.

DayPoems Poem No. 574
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