To have known him, to have loved him br After loneness long; br And then to be estranged in life, br And neither in the wrong; br And now for death to set his seal-- br Ease me, a little ease, my song! br br By wintry hills his hermit-mound br The sheeted snow-drifts drape, br And houseless there the snow-bird flits br Beneath the fir-trees' crape: br Glazed now with ice the cloistral vine br That hid the shyest grape.