H.D was left gravely ill after a stroke in July 1961 and was taken to the Klinik Hirslanden in Zürich, where she died on September 27.[80] She was survived by Bryher and her daughter Perdita.[48]
Her ashes were brought to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where they were buried in the family plot in Nisky Hill Cemetery on October 28, 1961. Her headstone is inscribed with lines from her early poem "Epitaph":[81]
So you may say, Greek flower; Greek ecstasy reclaims forever one who died following intricate song's lost measure.
