| J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921. | | | | Heavenward | | By Caroline, Lady Nairne (1766–1845) |
| | | WOULD you be young again? | |
| So would not I— | |
| One tear to memory giv’n, | |
| Onward I’d hie. | |
| Life’s dark flood forded o’er, | 5 |
| All but at rest on shore, | |
| Say, would you plunge once more, | |
| With home so nigh? | |
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| If you might, would you now | |
| Retrace your way? | 10 |
| Wander through thorny wilds, | |
| Faint and astray? | |
| Night’s gloomy watches fled, | |
| Morning all beaming red, | |
| Hope’s smiles around us shed, | 15 |
| Heavenward—away. | |
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| Where are they gone, of yore | |
| My best delight? | |
| Dear and more dear, tho’ now | |
| Hidden from sight. | 20 |
| Where they rejoice to be, | |
| There is the land for me; | |
| Fly time—fly speedily! | |
| Come, life and light. | | | | |
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