2、ofInMemoriamwasplannedmorethantenyearsago,andmuchoftheworkuponitwasdoneatthattime.Otherdutiesandengagementshavedelayeditscompletionuntilnow.""ForthevariousreadingsIhavebeenlargelyindebtedtoacopyofthefirstEnglisheditionofthepoemgivenmein1884bymyfriend,Dr.F.J.Furnivall,ofLondon,inwhichmostof
3、themhadbeenrecordedbyhim.Ihavecarefullycollatedthisandallthemorerecenteditionsaccessibletome,andhopethatnovariationinthetextshasescapedme.MyindebtednesstoGenung,Gatty,Davidson,andothercommentatorsisdulyacknowledgedintheNotes.Totheteacherandthecriticalstudenttheseworksareindispen-sable.CAMB
4、RIDGE,July15,1893.CONTENTSPAGEINMEMORIAMiNOTES!65INDEX..207INMEMORIAMA.H.H.OBIITMDCCCXXXIII.STRONGSonofGod,immortalLove,Whomwe,thathavenotseenthyface,Byfaith,andfaithalone,embrace,Believingwherewecannotprove;Thinearetheseorbsoflightandshade;ThoumadestLifeinmanandbrutejThoumadestDeath;andlo
5、,thyfootIsontheskullwhichthouhastmade!fc***^Thouwiltnotleaveusinthedust:Thoumadestman,heknowsnotwhy,Hethinkshewasnotmadetodie;Andthouhastmadehim:thouartjust.Thouseemesthumananddivine,Thehighest,holiestmanhood,thou:Ourwillsareours,weknownothow;Ourwillsareours,tomakethemthine.JA*^Lv^-Ourlitt
6、lesystemshavetheirday;~Theyhavetheirdayandceasetobe^Theyarebutbrokenlightsofthee,%Andthou,OLord,artmorethanthey.INMEMORIAM.Wehavebutfaith:wecannotknow;Forknowledgeisofthingswesee;Andyetwetrustitcomesfromthee,Abeamindarkness:letitgrow.Letknowledgegrowfrommoretomore,Butmoreofreverenceinusdwe
7、ll;Thatmindandsoul,accordingwell,Maymakeonemusicasbefore,Butvaster.Wearefoolsandslight;Wemocktheewhenwedonotfear:Buthelpthyfoolishonestobear;Helpthyvainworldstobearthylight.Forgivewhatseem'dmysininme,Whatseem'dmyworthsinceIbegan;Formeritlivesfrommantoman,Andno
