The pen falls from his nerveless hand, The light is fading from his eyes,
The brain that nobly served his land Darkens and dies.
No, never dies!
From hour to hour The burning thought is living still;
Onward it speeds with gath’ring power To strengthen and fulfil.
Build him no mockery of stone, Nor shame him with your idle praise;
He liveth in his work alone Through all our days.
Sleep, heart of gold, ’twas not in vain You loved the struggling and the
And taught in sweet yet strenuous strain To battle and endure.
The lust of wealth, the pride of place, Were not a light to guide thy feet,
But larger hopes and wider space For hearts to beat.
O, brother, dead!
Thus, one by one, Our broken swords remain to
The fight is o’er, the work is done, Sleep! “It is well.”
