Bright be thy dreams—may all thy weeping

Turn into smiles while thou art sleeping.

  May those by death or seas removed,

The friends, who in thy springtime knew thee,

  All thou hast ever prized or loved,

In dreams come smiling to thee!

There may the child, whose love lay deepest,

Dearest of all, come while thou sleepest;

  Still as she was—no charm forgot—

No lustre lost that life had given;

  Or, if changed, but changed to what

Thou'lt find her yet in Heaven!