Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867). On His Friend, Joseph Rodman Drake. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

On His Friend, Joseph Rodman Drake

By Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)


GREEN be the turf above thee,
Friend of my better days!
None knew thee but to love thee,
None named thee but to praise.