Here you will find the Poem A Recollection of poet Frances Darwin Cornford
MY father's friend came once to tea. He laughed and talked. He spoke to me. But in another week they said That friendly pink-faced man was dead. ' How sad . .' they said, 'the best of men . .' So I said too, 'How sad '; but then Deep in my heart I thought with pride, 'I know a person who has died.'