DEDICATED TO MRS. SUTHERLAND ORR GOOD, to forgive; Best, to forget! Living, we fret; Dying, we live. Fretless and free, Soul, clap thy pinion! Earth have dominion, Body, o'er thee! Wander at will, Day after day, -- Wander away, Wandering still -- Soul that canst soar! Body may slumber: Body shall cumber Soul-flight no more. Waft of soul's wing! What lies above? Sunshine and Love, Skyblue and Spring! Body hides -- where? Ferns of all feather, Mosses and heather, Yours be the care! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DAY OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS; MARY 30, 1869 by EMMA LAZARUS WITH CHAOS IN EACH KISS by TIMOTHY LIU RHOECUS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: RUTHERFORD MCDOWELL by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BEAUTY OF NATURE by HENRY ALFORD THE CONVERSION by RALPH WILHELM BERGENGREN IN MEMORY OF AGOSTINO ISOLA, OF CAMBRIDGE, WHO DIED 1797 by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS |