Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair spirit, rest thee now!
E'en while with ours thy footsteps trod,
His seal was on thy brow.

Dust, to its narrow house beneath!
Soul, to its place on high!
They that have seen thy look in death
No more may fear to die.

(C) Felicia Dorothea Hemans
01/01/2000


Best Poems of Felicia Dorothea Hemans

• Bring Flowers
• The Indian Lover. Morning Song.
• The Lilies Of The Field
• Song 1
• Casabianca
• Properzia Rossi
• Woman On The Field Of Battle
• The Rock Of Cader Idris
• Moon-light
• Pauline
• The Home Of The Spirit
• Sonnet, For My Mother-s Birthday
• Night-scene In Genoa
• Madeline. A Domestic Tale
• The Illuminated City
• The Shade Of Theseus - Ancient Greek Tradition
• The Peasant Girl Of The Rhone
• O Thou Breeze Of Spring!
• The Wounded Eagle