| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Hartley Coleridge. 1796–1849 |
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| 645. Early Death |
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| SHE pass'd away like morning dew | |
| Before the sun was high; | |
| So brief her time, she scarcely knew | |
| The meaning of a sigh. | |
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| As round the rose its soft perfume, | 5 |
| Sweet love around her floated; | |
| Admired she grew—while mortal doom | |
| Crept on, unfear'd, unnoted. | |
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| Love was her guardian Angel here, | |
| But Love to Death resign'd her; | 10 |
| Tho' Love was kind, why should we fear | |
| But holy Death is kinder? | |
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