Christina Rossetti
My Friend
Two days ago with dancing glancing hair,
         With living lips and eyes:
         Now pale, dumb, blind, she lies;
So pale, yet still so fair.

We have not left her yet, not yet alone;
         But soon must leave her where
         She will not miss our care,
Bone of our bone.

Weep not; O friends, we should not weep:
         Our friend of friends lies full of rest;
         No sorrow rankles in her breast,
Fallen fast asleep.

She sleeps below,
         She wakes and laughs above;
         To-day, as she walked, let us walk in love,
To-morrow follow so.