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AN INCIDENT IN A CHURCH. / TO THE SURVIVORS. (2) - ZaunköniG - 26.12.2010
AN INCIDENT IN A CHURCH.
As one whose eyes, by gleam of waters caught,
Should find them strewn with pansies, so to me
It chanced that morning, as I bow'd the knee.
Soliciting th' approach of hallow'd thought ;
I dream'd not that so dear a tomb was nigh ;
My sidelong glance the lucid marble drew.
And, turning round about enquiringly,
I found it letter'd with the names I knew ;
Three precious names I knew, and loved withal,
Yea, knew and loved, albeit too briefly known —
Louisa, Henry, and the boy just grown
To boyhood's prime, as each received the call ;
And, over all, carved in the same white stone.
The symbol of the holiest death of all.
TO THE SURVIVORS.
Henceforth to you this monument shall be
A bright and constant presence : evermore
Your thoughts of death must pass by this white door,
Till ye yourselves shall meet Eternity ;
This vestal tablet written o'er with love,
From morn to eve your inner eye shall read,
And even in -midnight darkness ye shall prove
What heavenward hopes its snowy gleam can feed ;
Yes, ever in your hearts' clear depths shall lie
This fair tomb-shadow, when no ripple moves ;
And, when fresh roused to earthly sympathy.
Come floating softly o'er your living loves :
While I, not robbing you, may keep my share
Of that pure light which stole across my prayer.