| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Thomas Edward Brown. 1830–1897 |
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| 790. Dora |
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| SHE knelt upon her brother's grave, | |
| My little girl of six years old— | |
| He used to be so good and brave, | |
| The sweetest lamb of all our fold; | |
| He used to shout, he used to sing, | 5 |
| Of all our tribe the little king— | |
| And so unto the turf her ear she laid, | |
| To hark if still in that dark place he play'd. | |
| No sound! no sound! | |
| Death's silence was profound; | 10 |
| And horror crept | |
| Into her aching heart, and Dora wept. | |
| If this is as it ought to be, | |
| My God, I leave it unto Thee. | |
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