| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | A Book of Sonnets | | In the Churchyard at Tarrytown |
| | | HERE lies the gentle humorist, who died | |
| In the bright Indian Summer of his fame! | |
| A simple stone, with but a date and name, | |
| Marks his secluded resting-place beside | |
| The river that he loved and glorified. | 5 |
| Here in the autumn of his days he came, | |
| But the dry leaves of life were all aflame | |
| With tints that brightened and were multiplied. | |
| How sweet a life was his; how sweet a death! | |
| Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours, | 10 |
| Or with romantic tales the heart to cheer; | |
| Dying, to leave a memory like the breath | |
| Of summers full of sunshine and of showers, | |
| A grief and gladness in the atmosphere. | | | | |
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