Spirits of the Dead by proairguitarist-978, literature
Literature
Spirits of the Dead
Thy soul shall find itself alone
'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tombstone;
Not one, all of the crowd, to pry
Into thine hour of secrecy.
Be silent in that solitude,
Which is not lonliness- for then
The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.
The night, though clear, shall frown,
And the stars shall not look down
From their high thrones in the Heaven
With light like hope to mortals given,
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which could cling to thee forever.
Now are thoughts thou shalt