Safe in the keeping of the sod,
And the sure promises of God.
Dark is your home—yet round the tomb,
Tokens of hope—sweet flowerets bloom;
And cherished memories, soft and dear,
Blest as their fragrance, linger here!
We speak, yet ye are dumb! How dread
This deep, stern silence of the Dead!
The whispers of the Grave, severe,
The listening Soul alone can hear!