Which frees ignoble spirits from their clay.

Farewell, thou bright embodiment of truth⁠—

Too warm to worship, yet too pure to love!

Thou shalt survive in thy immortal youth

Thy brief existence—while thy soul above

Rests in the bosom of its God. No ruth,

Or anguish, or despair, or hopeless love,

Again shall rend thy gentle breast—but bliss

Embalm in that bright world the heart that broke in this.