English Poetry. Walter Scott. Funeral Hymn. Вальтер Скотт.

Walter Scott (Вальтер Скотт)

Funeral Hymn

Dust unto dust,
To this all must;
The tenant hath resign'd
The faded form To waste and worm-
Corruption claims her kind.

Through paths unknown
Thy soul hath flown,
To seek the realms of woe,
Where fiery pain
Shall purge the stain
Of actions done below.

In that sad place,
By Mary's grace,
Brief may thy dwelling be
Till prayers and alms,
And holy psalms,
Shall set the captive free. 

Walter Scott’s other poems:

1. The Crusader’s Return
2. The Barefooted Friar
3. Pibroch of Donail Dhu
4. Twist Ye, Twine Ye
5. Why Sit’st Thou By That Ruin’d Hall

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

George Morris (Джордж Моррис) Funeral Hymn (“Man dieth and wasteth away”)

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