<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354028" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Mourners</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">LOW she lies, who blest our eyes <br>Through many a sunny day; <br>She may not smile, she will not rise-- <br>The life hath past away! <br>Yet there is a world of light beyond, <br>Where we neither die nor sleep-- <br>She is there, of whom our souls were fond-- <br>Then wherefore do we weep?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The heart is cold, whose thoughts were told <br>In each glance of her glad bright eye; <br>And she lies pale, who was so bright, <br>She scarce seemed made to die. <br>Yet we know that her soul is happy now, <br>Where the saints their calm watch keep; <br>That angels are crowning that fair young brow-- <br>Then wherefore do we weep?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her laughing voice made all rejoice, <br>Who caught the happy sound; <br>There was gladness in her very step, <br>As it lightly touched the ground. <br>The echoes of voice and step are gone; <br>There is silence still and deep: <br>Yet we know she sings by God's bright throne-- <br>Then wherefore do we weep?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cheek's pale tinge, the lid's dark fringe; <br>That lies like a shadow there, <br>Were beautiful in the eyes of all-- <br>And her glossy golden hair! <br>But though that lid may never wake <br>From its dark and dreamless sleep, <br>She is gone where young hearts do not break-- <br>Then wherefore do we weep?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That world of light with joy is bright, <br>This is a world of woe: <br>Shall we grieve that her soul hath taken flight, <br>Because we dwell below? <br>We will bury her under the mossy sod, <br>And one long bright tress we'll keep; <br>We have only given her back to God-- <br>Ah! wherefore do we weep?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Caroline+Elizabeth+Sarah+Norton">Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354028" data-title="The Mourners de Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton" data-description="LOW she lies, who blest our eyes Through many a sunny day; She may not smile, she will not rise-- The life hath past away! Yet there is a world of light beyond, Where we neither die nor sleep-- She is there, of whom our souls were fond-- Th..."></div> </div> </div>

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