| Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880. | | | | Come Morir | | By Samuel Gray Ward (1817–1907) |
| | | HE leaves the earth, and says, enough and more | |
| Unto thee have I given, oh Earth.—For all | |
| With hand free and ungrudging gave I up,— | |
| But now I leave thy pale hopes and dear pains, | |
| The rude fields where so many years I’ve tilled, | 5 |
| And where no other feeling gave me strength, | |
| Save that from them my home was aye in view, | |
| For only transient clouds could hide from me | |
| My spirit’s home, whence it came, where should go;— | |
| Enough, more than enough, now let me rest. | 10 | | | |
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