Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, KINSMAN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER


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First Line: Where ceaseless spring her garland twines
Last Line: And god's dear love be over all!
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


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!





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