| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 628. Louisa May Alcott |
| | | In Memoriam |
| | | By Louise Chandler Moulton |
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| AS the wind at play with a spark | |
| Of fire that glows through the night, | |
| As the speed of the soaring lark | |
| That wings to the sky his flight, | |
| So swiftly thy soul has sped | 5 |
| On its upward, wonderful way, | |
| Like the lark, when the dawn is red, | |
| In search of the shining day. | |
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| Thou art not with the frozen dead | |
| Whom earth in the earth we lay, | 10 |
| While the bearers softly tread, | |
| And the mourners kneel and pray; | |
| From thy semblance, dumb and stark, | |
| The soul has taken its flight— | |
| Out of the finite dark, | 15 |
| Into the Infinite Light. | |
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