A brotherhood of soul! Call him alone,

Who stands shut out from this!—and let not those

Whose homes are bright with sunshine and with love,

Put on the insolence of happiness,

Glorying in that proud lot! A lonely hour

Is on its way to each, to all; for Death

Knows no companionship.

Gar. I have look’d on Death

In field, and storm, and flood. But never yet

Hath aught weigh’d down my spirit to a mood