Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
V. Death and Bereavement“She died in beauty”
Charles Doyne Sillery (1807–1837)S
Blown from its parent stem;
She died in beauty,—like a pearl
Dropped from some diadem.
Along a moonlit lake;
She died in beauty,—like the song
Of birds amid the brake.
On flowers dissolved away;
She died in beauty,—like a star
Lost on the brow of day.
Set round the silver moon;
She lives in glory,—like the sun
Amid the blue of June.