unmourned-for

Updated: May 14, 2025

Out into the night he followed, and pursued her without rest, till she almost reached the high hill where her body lay uncoffined. And when they came in the morning to the little grove upon the side of the mountain, she felt a hand touch the poor, unmourned-for dead, and, with a great fear upon her, vanished from his eyes; so he fell upon the moss in his disappointment and weariness.

Dora Sigerson Shorter - The Story and Song of Black Roderick