Poems (Chilton, 1885)/In Memoriam, (M. C. F.)
IN MEMORIAM.
[M. C. F .]
Lay her down, the pure and holy;
Lay her down, the meek and lowly,
Underneath the sod.
In her womanly completeness,
In her spirit robe of sweetness,
She has gone to God.
Lay her down, the meek and lowly,
Underneath the sod.
In her womanly completeness,
In her spirit robe of sweetness,
She has gone to God.
Tendril-like, her thoughts and feelings,
In their silent, shy revealings,
Twined around the cross;
Incense-like, her prayers ascending,
Sought thee, Mary Mother, bending
Low in gain or loss.
In their silent, shy revealings,
Twined around the cross;
Incense-like, her prayers ascending,
Sought thee, Mary Mother, bending
Low in gain or loss.
Fairest flowers shall bloom above her,
Sweetest-throated birds shall hover
O'er her place of rest;
While her body's guest, immortal,
From beyond the heavenly portal,
Shines among the blest!
Sweetest-throated birds shall hover
O'er her place of rest;
While her body's guest, immortal,
From beyond the heavenly portal,
Shines among the blest!