James Aldrich (1810-1856). A Death-bed. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XVI. Crossed Hands and Closed Eyes
A Death-bed

By James Aldrich (1810–1856)


HER suffering ended with the day,
Yet lived she at its close,
And breathed that long, long night away,
In statue-like repose.

But when the sun in all its state,	5
Illumed the eastern skies,
She passed through Glory’s morning-gate,
And walked in Paradise.