The Death

I’m hit. It’s come at last, I feel a smart Of needles in ……My God …. I’m hit again! No pain this time……no pain….. and yet….. my heart…… Where is my heart? ‘Tis strange I feel no pain. The night is still, the night is very still I feel the April rain upon my hair. I see the lights upon yonder hill Agleam and shining in the silent air. How soft the grasses seem-how soft and cool! How long the valley looks-how long and deep! How warm the rain! I feel a little pool Beside my hand. I feel…..Can this be sleep? Can this be sleep…. This buzzing in my head?…. Good God! A light! A light! The pool! I’m ***