THOU brave, good woman! Loved of every one; Not only that in singing thou didst fill Our thirsty hearts with sweetness, trill on trill, Even as a wild bird singing in the sun -- Not only that in all thy carols none But held some tincturing of tears to thrill Our gentler natures, and to quicken still Our human sympathies; but thou hast won Our equal love and reverence because That thou wast ever mindful of the poor, And thou wast ever faithful to thy friends. So, loving all, serving all, thy best applause Thy requiem -- the vast throng at the door Of the old church, with mute prayers and amens. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHURCH-MUSICK [CHURCH MUSIC] by GEORGE HERBERT STRANGE HURT [SHE KNOWS] by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES OF TREASON by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS FRAGMENTS OF A LOST GNOSTIC POEM OF THE 12TH CENTURY by HERMAN MELVILLE LOVE AND AGE by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 104 by ALFRED TENNYSON |