"She was beautiful in life And beautiful in death." Gone, with all her sparkling beauty, Gone, with innocence and youth; Gone, with loving ways and kindness, Gone, with happiness and truth. In the tomb they gently laid her -- Even strangers dropped a tear; And one heart will feel the anguish Of her loss for many a year. Father, mother, loving sisters, Deeply mourn the lov'd and lost; Who can tell the crushing sorrow Of the heart who lov'd her most? Oft, I fancy, in the twilight, That I see her winning face; Dream to find, ah, sad awakening! I was gazing into space. Sister, this our earthly parting, Will not, cannot, be for aye; We will meet, ah, soon, my darling, Where there is eternal day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: IMANUEL EHRENHARDT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |