• Four straight brick walls, severely plain,
      A quiet city square surround;
    A level space of nameless graves,—
      The Quakers’ burial-ground.

    In gown of gray, or coat of drab,
      They trod the common ways of life,
    With passions held in sternest leash,
      And hearts that knew not strife.

    To yon grim meeting-house they fared,...

  • Four straight brick walls, severely plain,
      A quiet city square surround;
    A level space of nameless graves,—
      The Quakers’ burial-ground.

    In gown of gray, or coat of drab,
      They trod the common ways of life,
    With passions held in sternest leash,
      And hearts that knew not strife.

    To yon grim meeting-house they fared,...