In Memorium. Lady Caroline Charteris

The mountain-stream may humbly boast / For her the loud waves call; / The hamlet feeds the nation's host, / The home-farm feeds the hall;

And unto earth heaven's Lord doth lend / The right, of high import, / The gladsome privilege to send / New courtiers to Love's court.

Not strange to thee, O lady dear, / Life in that palace fair, / For thou while waiting with us here / Didst just as they do there!

Thy heart still open to receive, / Open thy hand to give, / God had thee graced with more than leave / In heavenly state to live!

And though thou art gone up so high / Thou art not gone so far / But that thy love to us comes nigh, / As starlight from a star.

And ours must reach where'er thou art, / In far or near abode, / For God is of all love the heart, / And we are all in God.