13 DECEMBER 1890, Page 16

POETRY.

IN MEMORIAM : THE DEAN OF ST. PAUL'S.

"ASHES to ashes, dust to dust,"

In broken voice he said, Committing to the grave in love and trust.

The body of the dead.

Again must men the death-bell toll, And the last rites fulfil, Down through St. Paul's the solemn music roll— The broken voice is still.

Too great to praise in idle song : They best revere his name Who learn the lessons that he taught them long, By voice or book the same : To curb the impulse that misleads, The temper that betrays, Only to think the thoughts, to do the deeds, That swell the song of Praise : To hope, when shadows darken fast This life of doubt and sin ; To find from humbling lessons of the past Strength and self-discipline. W. R. H.