In Memoriam R.D.

I understand, my mentor dear,

That you cannot bring Dashie back;

That doing so'd to space-time wrack
An instability, we fear.

Oh you, who governs hill and lea,

Control the Sun, yet cannot fend

Off death, except the aether rend --
You too must share your grief with me.

That I am join'd by friend and Lord

In grief does not alleviate

My suff'ring; nor do they abate,
The laments I to her afford.