Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From Ode recited at the Harvard Commemoration 1865 |
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) |
| | | .. SALUTE 1 the sacred dead, | |
| Who went and who return not.—Say not so!.. | |
| We rather seem the dead, that stayed behind. | |
| Blow, trumpets, all your exultations blow! | |
| For never shall their aureoled presence lack .. | 5 |
| They come transfigured back, | |
| Secure from change in their high-hearted ways, | |
| Beautiful evermore, and with the rays | |
| Of morn on their white shields of Expectation. | |
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