Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO H. M.: IN MEMORIAM, by HENRY AYLETT SAMPSON


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TO H. M.: IN MEMORIAM, by                    
First Line: The blue wistaria hovers 'round her door
Last Line: No saintlier soul, no lovelier flower blows.
Subject(s): Death; Memory; Dead, The


The blue wistaria hovers 'round her door
To whisper soft the message of the spring
And seems to sigh, "Where is she wandering
While April skies the new-born earth bend o'er
With dewy eyes, e'en as young mothers pore
On dreamy babes, lulled by the murmuring
Of circling angels on unwearied wing?"
Ah, droop sweet blooms! she will return no more,
No more, no more: fall petals like quick tears!
Rain perfumed sorrow where her shadow passed!
Ye may not rise where her pure spirit rose,
Where spring undying smiles through endless years --
Peace, peace, we know in all God's garden, vast,
No saintlier soul, no lovelier flower blows.





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