SO soon asleep! Now must the coming years br Weep ignorantly their loss they cannot know, br And life miss ever what has never been br We weep to-day, let theirs be sadder tears br Who have not seen thee near as we have seen, br Who shall but learn a hope died long ago. br Alas for flowers untimely winds have broken, br That should have scattered seed of following flowers! br Alas for ruin of unbuilded towers! br Alas for ripening words that die unspoken! br But let them weep with sadder tears than ours br Who shall but learn a hope died long ago, br A world's hope long ago.