| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | May 16 | | Mrs. Hemans | | By B. Hallock |
| | (Died May 16, 1835)
QUEEN of the lute and lay! whose song of yore | |
| Swept o’er the earth in music many-toned, | |
| Bearing along tales of historic lore, | |
| With triple immortality enzoned; | |
| Where dwells thy spirit in that brighter world, | 5 |
| With the innumerous dead of other days? | |
| In what bright orb hast thou thy pinions furled? | |
| What star of beauty trembles to thy lays? | |
| Thine was a lofty strain; thy lyre gave back | |
| The voice of God in ever-glowing song | 10 |
| Melodiously, as o’er its fairy track | |
| Swept the full tide of harmony along— | |
| Thy spirit’s purity breathed on thy lyre, | |
| Bathing its music in seraphic fire. | | | | |
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