Yet still thy features wore that light
Which fleets not with the breath,
And life ne'er look'd more purely bright
Than in thy smile of death, Mary.
But even a more touching tribute to Mrs. Tighe was given by her sister-poet, Mrs. Hemans, who visited her last resting-place, and wrote the lines on "The Grave of a Poetess."
Thou hast left sorrow in thy song—
A voice not loud but deep,
The glorious bow'rs of earth among
How often didst thou weep!
Where couldst thou fix on mortal ground
Thy tender thoughts and high?
Now, peace the woman's heart hath found,
And joy the poet's eye!
Another poem by Mrs. Hemans—
"I stood where the life of song lay low,"
was also inspired by this visit to Inistioge.
After her deaths editions of Mrs. Tighe's poem of "Psyche" came out rapidly. Two editions were published in 1811, and a long article in the Quarterly Review of May, 1811, gave it high praise. Among other panegyrics it was said "that the verse is melodious, and the tale told with directness and simplicity." A fifth edition was published
