INSCRIBED TO MY MOTHER IF spotless innocence, and truth refined, With every virtue of the feeling mind; If these can raise to heaven's eternal sphere, Be comforted -- Eliza's surely there. Oh, hark ! I hear the immortal spirit sing: "I rise above on light ethereal wing; "Then weep no more; ah, cease those flowing tears, "No more Eliza death or sickness fears; "Earth and its fading pleasures far behind, "In heaven a happy, happy seat I find. "Mourn not for me -- 'tis you I mourn for now; "I soar on high, while you remain below. "In heaven we all at length shall meet again, "Where all is happiness, all free from pain. "Then weep no more; ah! cease those flowing tears; "No more my spirit death or sickness fears." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 5 by EZRA POUND TO A LOUSE, ON SEEING ONE ON A LADY'S BONNET AT CHURCH by ROBERT BURNS LACHIN Y GAIR by GEORGE GORDON BYRON EPITAPH ON HIMSELF by MATTHEW PRIOR ON PASSING THE NEW MENIN GATE by SIEGFRIED SASSOON |