From ‘The Excursion’

All nature has a feeling: woods, fields, brooks Are life eternal: and in silence they Speak happiness beyond the reach of books; There’s nothing mortal …

I have nightmares and can’t sleep. The loss of you is a wound so deep. My mind recorded the times we had. Knowing there will …

I thought I saw her face today In the sparkle of the morning sun. And then I heard the angel say, “Her work on earth …

As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The breath goes now, …

I know this man Who is dear to my heart. Suddenly one day It was torn all apart. This man taught me everything That I …

If I should go tomorrow It would never be goodbye, For I have left my heart with you, So don’t you ever cry. The love that’s …

The rain may wash my pain away The wind may dry my tears The Summer sun may heal my heart And time subdue my fears …

The day is ending, The night is descending; The marsh is frozen, The river dead. Through clouds like ashes The red sun flashes On village windows …

Mortality, behold and fear What a change of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heaps of stones; Here they lie, …

As long as hearts remember As long as hearts still care We do not part with those we love They’re with us everywhere.

My mother‘s sleep is deep as drifts of snow. Snow-white the moon which plays with rays like fingers, Smoothes and lingers on her white sheet. …

I never saw your twinkling eyes Or touched your precious feet. I never shared a tiny yawn Or rocked you fast asleep. I never kissed …

And thou art dead, as young and fair  As aught of mortal birth;  And forms so soft and charms so rare  Too soon return’d to …

Said she, ‘I will not live with grief from morrow unto morrow. My heart cries out for some relief, ‘Good-bye, my little sorrow.’ She closed …

A light went out on Earth for me The day we said goodbye And on that day a star was born, The brightest in the …