Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849). Dirge. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

Dirge

By Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)


THE SWALLOW leaves her nest,
The soul my weary breast;
But therefore let the rain
On my grave
Fall pure; for why complain?	5
Since both will come again
O’er the wave.

The wind dead leaves and snow
Doth hurry to and fro;
And, once, a day shall break	10
O’er the wave,
When a storm of ghosts shall shake
The dead, until they wake
In the grave.