A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

Answer: The poet reacts to his loved one's death with a sense of calm acceptance and peace, rather than bitter grief. The "slumber" suggests that his spirit was in a state of peaceful oblivion, shielded from the pain of human fears. He seems to have found a quiet peace in the thought that she has become part of nature — rolling "round in earth's diurnal course with rocks and stones and trees."

Answer: The lines that say the passing of time will no longer affect her are: "She seemed a thing that could not feel / The touch of earthly years."

Answer: The poet imagines her after death as a part of nature, not as a person living in heaven. He sees her as being rolled round in earth's daily course with rocks, stones, and trees. The lines that give this answer are: "Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, / With rocks and stones and trees."