Page:Poems (IA poemstennalfr00tennrich).pdf/173

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
TO J. S.
161

xi.

Let Grief be her own mistress still.

She loveth her own anguish deep
More than much pleasure. Let her will
Be done—to weep or not to weep.

xii.

I will not say "God's ordinance

Of Death is blown in every wind;"
For that is not a common chance
That takes away a noble mind.

xiii.

His memory long will live alone

⁠In all our hearts, as mournful light
That broods above the fallen sun,
And dwells in heaven half the night.

xiv.

Vain solace! Memory standing near

Cast down her eyes, and in her throat
Her voice seemed distant, and a tear
Dropt on my tablets as I wrote.