Poems (Baldwyn)/Death

by Augusta Baldwyn

For works with similar titles, see Death.

DEATH.

Is death the king of terrors? In the night,
 In midnight silence, I have dream'd of death.
It seem'd to me a spirit calm and bright,
 Soft, shadowy, and serene: its gentle form
Led not to darkness; but through ethereal space.
 Where all was light and freedom,—all was peace.