Died at Hartford, September 23d, 1859.
The beautiful hath fled
To join the spirit-train;
Earth interposed with strong array,
Love stretch’d his arms to bar her way,
All,–all in vain.
There was a bridal hope
Before her crown’d with flowers;
The orange blossoms took the hue
With which the cypress dank with dew
Darkeneth our bowers.
Affections strong and warm
Sprang round her gentle way,
Young Childhood, with a moisten’d eye,
And Friendship’s tenderest sympathy
Watch’d her decay.
Disease around her couch
Long held a tyrant sway,
Till vanished from her cheek, the rose,
And the fair flesh like vernal snows
Wasted away.
Yet the dark Angel’s touch
Dissolv’d that dire control,
And where the love-knot cannot break
Nor pain nor grief intrusion make,
Bore the sweet soul.
(Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney)
More Poetry from Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney:
Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems based on Topics: Love, Flowers, Beauty, Fairness, Soul, Youth, Boredom, Medicine & Medical, Childhood, Tyranny & Despotism- The Rural Life In New England. Canto Second (Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems)
- Oriska (Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems)
- Flora's Party (Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems)
- The Return Of Napoleon From St. Helena (Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems)
- The Needle, Pen, And Sword (Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems)
- Governor Joseph Trumbull, (Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Poems)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Love Poems, Soul Poems, Youth Poems, Fairness Poems, Flowers Poems, Beauty Poems, Medicine & Medical Poems, Tyranny & Despotism Poems, Boredom Poems, Childhood PoemsBased on Keywords: hartford, interposed, love-knot, all-all, darkeneth