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. 14. The Fair Warning
2. Lenimina Laborum. 27. The Free-Booter
3. Lenimina Laborum. 62. On the Picture of a Girl
4. Lenimina Laborum. 41. Winter
5. The Gambols of Children

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