Of this bad world the loveliest and the best
Has smiled and said “Good Night,” and gone to rest.

These lines frame death as a gentle departure rather than a catastrophe: the “loveliest and the best” do not rage against a corrupt (“bad”) world but simply smile, bid it good night, and “go to rest.” The contrast between the world’s moral weariness and the serenity of the departing figure creates an elegiac tone—suggesting that goodness may be out of place in a fallen world, and that rest (implicitly, death and perhaps spiritual peace) can be a release. The diction (“smiled,” “Good Night,” “rest”) softens grief into tenderness, emphasizing consolation and the dignity of the one who has died.