Poem by George Darley

Lenimina Laborum. 4. Prayer at Burial

(To a Flower growing by the side of the Grave)

Pretty flower! mourn for me:
I'd rather hear thee sigh
Than friends that counterfeit a grief,
They feel no more than I!

Pretty flower! mourn for me:
I'd rather have thy tear,
Than all a hypocritic world
Could waste upon my bier!

Pretty flower! mourn for me:
And dirger's time to save,
Hang down thy little passing-bell
And ring me to my grave! 

1. Lenimina Laborum. 55. Deep in the ocean's thundering wave
2. Lenimina Laborum. 10. Fair as the flower is, it will yet decay
3. Lenimina Laborum. 62. On the Picture of a Girl
4. Lenimina Laborum. 14. The Fair Warning
5. Lenimina Laborum. 11. Hymn to the Sun

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