Death & Dying
Inscription for a Tomb in England
From The Poems of Henry van Dyke (1925)
Death & Dying
Read here, O friend unknown,
Our grief, of her bereft;
Yet think not tears alone
Within our hearts are left.
The gifts she came to give,
Her heavenly love and cheer,
Have made us glad to live
And die without a fear.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
From "Epigrams, Greetings, and Inscriptions". Dated 1912 in the source.
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Dyke, Henry van. “Inscription for a Tomb in England.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/113/.
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Dyke, Henry van. “Inscription for a Tomb in England.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/vandyke/113/.
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