History of a Life
Barry Cornwall
1787 to 1874
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Day dawned: - within a curtained room,
Filled to with perfume,
A lady lay at point of doom.
closed; - a child had seen the light;
But, the lady fair and bright,
She rested in undreaming night.
Spring rose; the lady's grave was green;
And near it, oftentimes, was seen
A gentle boy with thoughtful mien.
fled; - he wore a manly face,
And struggled the world's rough race,
And won at last a place.
And then he died! Behold before ye
Humanity's sum and story;
Life, - Death, - and all is of glory.