ENPages That Mention Earl J. Hadley
Letters of Condolence on death of Jane Stanford, 1905
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The Mausoleum.
The great, white cushion has been slipped away, The marble lid has closed upon its own; Has closed upon the third eternal couch, And gives the chamber up to Death alone.
No more will students, with the footstep hushed, Approach the entrance of this sombre room And feel that suggestion yet of life - That final link between us and the tomb.
No more the Sphinxes will appear to wait, To watch expectant for the wanderer; That look has vanished from the carven eyes, And they will gaze beyond the mystic blur.
For She is dead, for She indeed is dead; The grated door has closed upon its own; Has closed upon all hint of life, and gives The Mausoleum up to death alone.
Sequoia for April.
