Felicia Hemans,
Felicia Hemans in The Pledge of Friendship 1828
(1827)
“ Thou hast watch'd beside the bed of death, O fearless human Love! Thy lip received the last faint breath, Ere the spirit fled above. Thy prayer was heard by the parting bier, In a low and farewell tone; Thou hast given the grave both flower and tear— —O Love! thy task is done. ”
