Why sorrow so? and all for one,

Who, they believe, hath found the best

God gives to us,—and that is rest.

Why grieve?—Yea, rather let them lift

The voice in thanks for such a gift,

That leaves the worn hands, long that wrought,

And weary feet, that sought and sought,

At peace; and makes what came to naught,

In life, more real now than all

The good men strive for here on Earth: