As one whose eyes, by gleam of waters caught, Should find them strewn with pansies, so to me It chanced that morning, as I bowed the knee, Soliciting th' approach of hallow'd thought; I dreamed 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 lov'd, albeit too briefly known - Louisa, Henry, and the boy just grown To boyhood's prime, as each received the call; And, over all, carv'd in the same white stone, The symbol of the holiest death of all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOLUPTAS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON LIKE A BULRUSH by MARIANNE MOORE VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 4. CAPRI by SARA TEASDALE EPIGRAM: 59. ON SPIES by BEN JONSON EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE |