| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | August 22 | | To the Memory of Sydney Dobell | | By John Stuart Blackie (1809–1895) |
| | | | An English poet who died on August 22, 1874. |
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AND thou, too, gone! one more bright soul away | |
| To swell the mighty sleepers ’neath the sod; | |
| One less to honor and to love, and say, | |
| Who lives with thee doth live half-way to God! | |
| My chaste-souled Sydney! thou wast carved too fine | 5 |
| For coarse observance of the general eye; | |
| But who might look into thy soul’s fair shrine | |
| Saw bright gods there, and felt their presence nigh. | |
| Oh! if we owe warm thanks to Heaven, ’tis when | |
| In the slow progress of the struggling years | 10 |
| Our touch is blessed to feel the pulse of men | |
| Who walk in light and love above their peers | |
| White-robed, and forward point with guiding hand, | |
| Breathing a heaven around them where they stand! | | | |
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