Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can…

Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust, She that was young and fair Fallen to dust. Lily-like, white as snow, She hardly knew She was a woman, so Sweetly she grew. Coffin-board, heavy stone, Lie on her breast, I vex my heart alone She is at rest. Peace, Peace, she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it.

Oscar Wilde1854–1900 · writer · 1800s Ireland & EnglandOscar Wilde was an Irish writer famous for his witty plays, clever sayings, and his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.35 quotes

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What turned up: Requiescat; Complete public-domain twenty-line poem read in University College Cork CELT edition, pp. 67–68. Entire poem retained to preserve the shift from she can hear to she cannot hear. Not Matthew Arnold’s different poem of the same title. Line and page numerals removed from clean cache; initia
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Sources checked: celt.ucc.ieChecked using manual, 20 October 2026Requiescat; Complete public-domain twenty-line poem read in University College Cork CELT edition, pp. 67–68. Entire poem retained to preserve the shift from she can hear to she cannot hear. Not Matthew Arnold’s different poem of the same title. Line and page numerals removed from clean cache; initia