Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 228
The lady sleeps! Oh, may her sleep,Which is enduring, so be deep !Heaven have her in its sacred keep !This chamber changed for one more holjsThis bed for one more melancholy. THE SLEEPER 209 I pray to God that she may lie For ever with imopened eye, While the dim sheeted ghosts go by ! My love, she… … Soft may the worms about her creep !Farin the forest, dim and old,For her may some tall vault unfold—Some vault that oft hath flung its blackAnd winged panels fluttering back 210 THE SLEEPER Triumphant oer the crested palls Of her grand family funerals ; Some sepulchre remote, alone, Against whose…
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