Felicia Hemans,
Translations from Camoens; and Other Poets…
(1818)
“ Steal from their hearts the pang, their eyes the tear, And lift the veil that hides a brighter sphere. Oh! bear your softest balm to those, Who fondly, vainly, mourn the dead, To them that world of peace disclose, Where the bright soul is fled: Where Love, immortal in his native clime, Shall fear no pang from fate, no blight from time. ”
