A fine burst of Faith in the future. He does not reproach Death for any
corruption by it "on form or face." No decay of the flesh can shake his
trust in the survival of the soul. "Eternal process" is ever "moving on;"
the Spirit walks through a succession of states of being; and the body
dropt here is but a case, the "ruin'd chrysalis of one" state left
behind.[56]
Nor does he find fault with Death for taking "virtue out of earth:" he
knows that it will be transplanted elsewhere to greater profit.