256. Wherein Her Death has Forever Ruptured the Rare Alliance of Beauty and Virtue -
WHEREIN HER DEATH HAS FOREVER RUPTURED THE RARE ALLIANCE OF BEAUTY AND VIRTUE
Two noble enemies in one soul enshrined —
Beauty and Virtue, in such perfect peace
That never rebellion broke their quiet lease,
Nor stained the stainless marble of that mind —
By Death now shattered and now disentwined,
One graces the celestial mysteries
In pride and glory; one beneath the trees
Shuts eyes that shook the world once, bright and blind.
That soft demeanour, that rare modest speech
Moving from lofty places, that sweet flame
Which tore my heart, still tears, and will again —
All gone; yet if her road exceeds my reach,
I hope her name, her lovely gentle name,
To consecrate with this inadequate pen.
Two noble enemies in one soul enshrined —
Beauty and Virtue, in such perfect peace
That never rebellion broke their quiet lease,
Nor stained the stainless marble of that mind —
By Death now shattered and now disentwined,
One graces the celestial mysteries
In pride and glory; one beneath the trees
Shuts eyes that shook the world once, bright and blind.
That soft demeanour, that rare modest speech
Moving from lofty places, that sweet flame
Which tore my heart, still tears, and will again —
All gone; yet if her road exceeds my reach,
I hope her name, her lovely gentle name,
To consecrate with this inadequate pen.
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