Clement Clarke Moore,
Poems
(1844)
“ Rais'd thee from earth to life, immortal flower! Oh! how does even grief rejoice, The tear dry in affliction's eye, When memory gives thy parting voice Exclaiming, "Oh! how sweet to die!" ↑ Susan Moore, daughter of the late Dr. William Moore, died in 1814. She was a most lovely young creature; the delight of all who knew her. She suffered so much pain during her last illness, that, shortly before her death, she uttered the exclamation with which these lines conclude. ”
