Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Middle States: Wilmington, Del. | | St. John’s Church | | Anonymous |
| | Founded by Alexis I. Du Pont
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NEVER of dust beneath did sculptured tomb | |
| So eloquently speak as this gray spire | |
| Of thee, O laborer without hire, whose day | |
| Closed with the noon, thy Master calling thee | |
| Straight from the field before thy work was done | 5 |
| To rest with him above. Before thy work | |
| Was done? We dare not say of thee, whose life | |
| Was filled to overflowing with good deeds | |
| Who crowded labors in the noontide hour | |
| So vast as this, that aught was left undone. | 10 |
| No. Blessed be He who set thee to thy task, | |
| And when the hours of servitude were o’er | |
| Redeemed the promise of our Christ, and called | |
| Thee home to glories of thy heritage. * * * * * | | | | |
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