Sydney Dobell Happy Poems
- 1. Laus Deo
In the hall the coffin waits, and the idle armourer stands.
At his belt the coffin nails, and the hammer in his hands.
The bed of state is hung with crape-the grand old bed where she was wed-
And like an upright corpse she sitteth gazing dumbly at the bed.
... - 2. A Chanted Calendar
First came the primrose,
On the bank high,
Like a maiden looking forth
From the window of a tower
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