An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

His Grave [for the Saturday Press]

"His Grave [for the Saturday Press]." New York Saturday Press. (1865-12-12).
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

Personification of wind, language of possession, and images of sound's suppression characterize the speaker's sorrow over the death of a lover. His gravestone is an object of eternity where the "mournful wind" "Lovingly lingers" and "Love lies unchanged forever around his sacred name."