Love

Burial

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Love

How, was it I — I that unmoved
Stood tearless in the funeral train,
When it was you, you that I loved,
Whose earth was given to earth again?

The highest heavens are holy ground,
The song of birds — the dawn — the gloom.
In every perfect sight and sound
I bow, fair love, before thy tomb.

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Coleridge, Mary E. “Burial.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/36/.

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