Depart in joy from this world's noise and strife To the deep quiet of celestial life! Depart! -- Affection's self reproves the tear Which falls, O honour'd Parent! on thy bier; -- Yet Nature will be heard, the heart will swell, And the voice tremble with a last Farewell! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ANCIENT PROVERB by WILLIAM BLAKE GEORGE MOSES HORTON, MYSELF by GEORGE MOSES HORTON JUGGLING JERRY by GEORGE MEREDITH ARIEL'S SONG (2), FR. THE TEMPEST by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IDYLLS OF THE KING: DEDICATION by ALFRED TENNYSON P. C., X, 36 by HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM TO A LITTLE NIECE by LEVI BISHOP HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 24 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |