Poem by Thomas Edward Brown

Dora

SHE knelt upon her brother's grave,
   My little girl of six years old--
He used to be so good and brave,
   The sweetest lamb of all our fold;
He used to shout, he used to sing,
Of all our tribe the little king--
And so unto the turf her ear she laid,
To hark if still in that dark place he play'd.
   No sound! no sound!
   Death's silence was profound;
   And horror crept
   Into her aching heart, and Dora wept.
   If this is as it ought to be,
   My God, I leave it unto Thee. 

1. Braddan Vicarage
2. Specula
3. Salve!
4. Land, Ho!
5. Ibant Obscuræ

Jean Ingelow Dora ("A waxing moon that, crescent yet")

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