Delia. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,
Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,
But never will be sung to us again,
Is thy remembrance. Now the hour of rest
Hath come to thee. Sleep, darling; it is best.





Last updated January 14, 2019