Sleep On: A Dirge

I.The daisies prank thy grassy grave; Above, the dark pine-branches wave: Sleep on. Below, the merry runnel sings. And swallows sweep with glancing wings: Sleep on, Marie, sleep on. II.Some whisper-words of doubt and shame, Or, lightly laughing, breathe thy name: Sleep on. Slander may never harm thee now, God's gentle hand upon thy brow: Sleep on, Marie, sleep on. III.Calm as a summer sea at rest, Thy meek hands folded on thy breast, Sleep on; Hushed into stillness life's sharp pain, Nought but the pattering of the rain: Sleep on, Marie, sleep on.