Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth...

These lines offer a benediction—“peace” for the brave dead (“each manly soul that sleepeth”) and “rest” for the living who mourn (“each faithful eye that weepeth”). The diction of sleep and tears frames death as a calm release and grief as loyal, enduring witness. The couplet’s parallel structure (peace/rest; sleep/weep) balances consolation with sorrow, suggesting that honor belongs both to those who have fallen and to those who remember them. In Moore’s lyric mode, such blessings often function as communal speech: a voice attempting to heal public loss by ritualizing it in song, turning private mourning into shared, dignified remembrance.