Her Great and Loving Heart

Her great and loving heart
her noble soul
her clear powerful original and
comprehensive intellect
made her the guide and support
the instructor in wisdom
and the example in goodness
as she was the sole earthly delight
to those who had the happiness to belong to her
as earnest for the public good
as she was generous and devoted
to all who surrounded her
her influence has been felt
in many of the greatest
improvements of the age
and will be in those still to come
were there but a few hearts and intellects
like hers
this earth would already have become
the hoped-for heaven.

– John Stuart Mill