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by Unknown

Not so sweet as thy voice the lute.

Hushed the voice, shorn the hair, all is over:

An urn of white ashes remains;

Nothing else save the tears in our eyes,

And our bitterest, bitterest pains!

We garland the urn with white roses,

Burn incense and gums on the shrine,

Play old tunes with the saddest of closes,

Dear tunes that were thine!

But in vain, all in vain;