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