II

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of A Dirge

Thee nor carketh care nor slander;

Nothing but the small cold worm

Fretteth thine enshrouded form.

Let them rave.

Light and shadow ever wander

O'er the green that folds thy grave—

Let them rave.

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