| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| At the Grave of Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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| HERE of a truth the world’s extremes are met: | |
| Amid the gray, the moss-grown tombs of those | |
| Who led long lives obscure till came the close | |
| When, their calm days being done, their suns were set— | |
| Here stands a grave, all monumentless yet, | 5 |
| Wrapped like the others in a deep repose; | |
| But while yon wakeful ocean ebbs and flows | |
| It is a grave the world shall not forget, | |
| This grave on which meek violets grow and thyme, | |
| Summer’s fair heralds; and a stranger now | 10 |
| Pauses to see a poet’s resting-place, | |
| But one of those who will in many a clime | |
| On each return of this sad day avow | |
| Fond love’s regret that ne’er they saw his face. | |
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