Up to Heaven through peaceful ways.
In a letter to Henry Reed, July 1845.
AT FURNESS ABBEY
Composed 1845.—Published 1845
One of the “Miscellaneous Sonnets.”—Ed.
Well have yon Railway Labourers to THIS ground
Withdrawn for noontide rest. They sit, they walk
Among the Ruins, but no idle talk
Is heard; to grave demeanour all are bound;