Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN MEMORIAM', by HENRY VAN DYKE


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IN MEMORIAM', by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The record of a faith sublime
Last Line: A rainbow shining o'er a grave
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Faith


The record of a faith sublime,
And hope, through clouds, far-off discerned;
The incense of a love that burned
Through pain and doubt defying Time:

The story of a soul at strife
That learned at last to kiss the rod,
And passed through sorrow up to God,
From living to a higher life:

A light that gleams across the wave
Of darkness, down the rolling years,
Piercing the heavy mist of tears''"
A rainbow shining o'er a grave.





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