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I cannot muse beside that mound— I cannot dream beneath that shade— Too solemn is the haunted ground Where Death his resting-place has made, I feel my heart beat but to think Each pulse is bearing life away; I cannot rest upon the grave, And not feel kindred to its clay.



There is a name upon the stone— Alas! and can it be the same— The young, the lovely, and the loved?— It is too soon to bear thy name. Too soon!—oh no, 'tis best to die Ere all of life save breath is fled: