WHERE ceaseless Spring her garland twines, As sweetly shall the loved one rest, As if beneath the whispering pines And maple shadows of the West. Ye mourn, O hearts of home! for him, But, haply, mourn ye not alone; For him shall far-off eyes be dim, And pity speak in tongues unknown. There needs no graven line to give The story of his blameless youth; All hearts shall throb intuitive, And nature guess the simple truth. The very meaning of his name Shall many a tender tribute win; The stranger own his sacred claim, And all the world shall be his kin. And there, as here, on main and isle, The dews of holy peace shall fall, The same sweet heavens above him smile And God's dear love be over all! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STREET CORNER COLLEGE by KENNETH PATCHEN TACT by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SMILE AND NEVER HEED ME by CHARLES SWAIN FATHER, THY WILL BE DONE by SARAH FLOWER ADAMS ECLOGUE: TWO FARMS IN WOONE by WILLIAM BARNES YOUR TREASURE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |