  A A child laid in the grave ere it had known Earth held delight beyond its mother’s kiss;— A fair girl passing from a world like this Into God’s vast eternity, alone;— A brave man’s soul in one brief instant thrown To deepest agony from highest bliss;— A woman steeling her young heart to miss All joys in life, one dear one having flown;— These have I seen; yet happier these, I said, Than one who by experience made strong, Learning to live without the precious dead, Survive despair, outlive remorse and wrong, Can say when new grief comes, with unbowed head, |
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