are innocent; trust
in him. Trust firmly, nothing wavering, and he will save you. I
have wept for you, prayed for you; would that I could die for you!
My soul has been poured forth in tears; but never for one moment
have I abused our holy friendship by imagining you guilty. Weep not
for me, dear Anthony; I am happy. God is taking me from the evil to
come, from the anguish of seeing you the husband of another. Death
has no sting; I welcome him as a friend.

"Why should I dread thee, Death?
Stern friend in solemn guise;
One pause of this frail breath,
And then the skies!

"When restored to peace, to happiness, and to Juliet, think kindly
of me. Remember how I loved you--how I delighted in all that
delights and interests you. But not in crowded halls would I have
you recall my image;--my heart was solitary amidst the dust and
rubbish of the gay world. But in spring, when the earth is bright
with flowers, when the sun looks down in love upon creation, when
the full streams are flowing on with a voice of joy, when the song
of birds makes glad the forest-bowers, when every blade of grass is
dressed in beauty, and every leaf and flower glows with the light
of life, and the unsophisticated untried heart of youth breathes
forth its ardent aspiration to the throne of God--then, Anthony,
think of me. My spirit will hover about your path; my voice will
murmur in the breeze; and the recollection of what I was, of all my
faith and love, will be dear to your heart.

"When these eyes, long dimm'd with weeping,
In the silent dust are sleeping;
When above my lowly bed
The breeze shall wave the thistle's head,
Thou wilt think of me, love!

"When the queen of beams and showers
Comes to dress the earth with flowers;
When the days are long and bright,
And the moon shines all the night,
Thou wilt think of me, love!

"When the tender corn is springing,
And the merry thrush is singing;
When the swallows come and go,
On light wings flitting to and fro,
Thou wilt think of me, love!

"When 'neath April's rainbow skies
Violets ope their azure eyes;
When mossy bank and verdant mound