331. A Death-Bed by James Aldrich. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

331. A Death-Bed

By James Aldrich


HER suffering ended with the day,
Yet lived she at its close,
And breathed the long; long night away
In statue-like repose.

But when the sun in all his state	5
Illumed the eastern skies,
She passed through Glory’s morning gate
And walked in Paradise!