| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | In the Harbor | | President Garfield |
| | | | “E venni dal martirio a questa pace.” |
| Paradiso, XV. 148. |
THESE words the poet heard in Paradise, | |
| Uttered by one who, bravely dying here, | |
| In the true faith was living in that sphere | |
| Where the celestial cross of sacrifice | |
| Spread its protecting arms athwart the skies; | 5 |
| And set thereon, like jewels crystal clear, | |
| The souls magnanimous, that knew not fear, | |
| Flashed their effulgence on his dazzled eyes. | |
| Ah me! how dark the discipline of pain, | |
| Were not the suffering followed by the sense | 10 |
| Of infinite rest and infinite release! | |
| This is our consolation; and again | |
| A great soul cries to us in our suspense, | |
| “I came from martyrdom unto this peace!” | | | | |
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