Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | V. Death and Bereavement | | Greenwood Cemetery | | Crammond Kennedy (1842–1918) |
| | | HOW calm they sleep beneath the shade | |
| Who once were weary of the strife, | |
| And bent, like us, beneath the load | |
| Of human life! | |
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| The willow hangs with sheltering grace | 5 |
| And benediction o’er their sod, | |
| And Nature, hushed, assures the soul | |
| They rest in God. | |
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| O weary hearts, what rest is here, | |
| From all that curses yonder town! | 10 |
| So deep the peace, I almost long | |
| To lay me down. | |
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| For, oh, it will be blest to sleep, | |
| Nor dream, nor move, that silent night, | |
| Till wakened in immortal strength | 15 |
| And heavenly light! | | | | |
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