| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | September 7 | | Threnody of the Pines | | By William Hamilton Hayne (1856–1929) |
| | | | For the Passing of Their Poet, Sidney Lanier. |
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THE GUARDIAN pines upon the hill | |
| Were strangely motionless and chill, | |
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| As if they drew his last loved breath | |
| From the uplifted wings of Death…. | |
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| And now their mingled voices say: | 5 |
| “The passing of a soul away,— | |
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| “The tenderest of the sons of men,— | |
| Our dead King Arthur of the pen! | |
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| “Oh, kindred of the sea and shore, | |
| Our grief is yours for evermore! | 10 |
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| “His body lieth cold and still, | |
| For Death has triumphed on the hill.” | | | |
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