Love Poems – Page 2748
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Lines to the Memory of “Annie”
Who Died at Milan, June 6, 1860 / “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him.” / —JOHN xx. 15. … -
Death in Youth
From “Festus” / FOR to die young is youth’s divinest gift; / To pass from one world fresh into another, … -
In Memoriam F. A. S.
Yet, O stricken heart, remember, O remember / How of human days he lived the better part. / April came to bloom and never dim December … -
Christus Consolator
Beside the dead I knelt for prayer, / And felt a presence as I prayed. / Lo! it was Jesus standing there. … -
Comfort
Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet / From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low, / Lest I should fear and fall, and miss thee so … -
The Secret of Death
“she is dead!” they said to him; “come away; / Kiss her and leave her,—thy love is clay!” / They smoothed her tresses of dark brown hair; … -
Footsteps of Angels
When the hours of day are numbered, / And the voices of the night / Wake the better soul that slumbered … -
“Happy are the dead”
I Walked the other day, to spend my hour, / Into a field, / Where I sometimes had seen the soil to yield … -
“The green grass under the snow”
The Work of the sun is slow, / But as sure as heaven, we know; / So we ’ll not forget, … -
“Thou art gone to the grave”
Thou art gone to the grave—but we will not deplore thee, / Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb; / The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, …
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