John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892). The Poetical Works in Four Volumes. 1892.
Religious PoemsVesta
O C
Our own have reconciled,
Most quietly, most tenderly
Take home Thy star-named child!
Thy words are on her tongue;
The very silence round her seems
As if the angels sung.
Who hears its mother call;
The lilies of Thy perfect peace
About her pillow fall.
To rest herself in Thine;
Alone to Thee, dear Lord, can we
Our well beloved resign!
We bow our heads and pray;
Her setting star, like Bethlehem’s,
To Thee shall point the way!