Robert Bridges (1844-1930). 'When Death to either shall come'. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XII. Love and Death
‘When Death to either shall come’

By Robert Bridges (1844–1930)


WHEN Death to either shall come,—
I pray it be first to me,—
Be happy as ever at home,
If so, as I wish, it be.

Possess thy heart, my own;	5
And sing to the child on thy knee,
Or read to thyself alone
The songs that I made for thee.