Shall shroud their pride in an untimely grave;

His daughters, though more beauteous every one

Than the seraphic spouse of Solomon,

A sisterhood as numerous and bright

30As are the glorious stars that gild the night,—

A bloody cloud their glories shall eclipse;

Death shuts their killing eyes, their charming lips.

Though like a golden harvest they appear,

And every one a full, a laden ear,

Like olive plants amidst their friends be grown,