Silent! Tread airily! Hush, pilgrim! Lay your tribute softly, They sleep, they sleep ... The dwellers of this tower lonely. From life's path tortuous, Travelled they To this solemn house that towers Its head To the heavens' eternal bowers. Pray soulfully, mutely, Kneel reverently, Utter no word, sadly, coldly, Walk hence humbly. They sleep, the dead, In that tower; Laying their burdened heads At God's feet, As they lie at rest on the couch of death. Silent! Tread airily! Hush, pilgrim! Lay your tribute softly— They sleep, they sleep ... The dwellers of this tower lonely. Ah, have they spoken to thee A soundless word? Weep not, though to live is to weep, Ah, gently, gently, Walk hence reverently! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOUNTAIN FARM by MALCOLM COWLEY LEFT-HANDED POEM by JAMES GALVIN ARMAGEDDON by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE MOTHER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SHE WEEPS OVER RAHOON by JAMES JOYCE THE STORM by KATHERINE MANSFIELD |