a love rhapsody.
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With songs of joy, from hopeless loveless Night
I, too, have woke to light
Since thou and I are one!
I, too, have woke to light
Since thou and I are one!
But a yet closer union waits us still—
From this sweet Eden of the heart, strong Death
May banish us by his victorious will,
But not for aye—with Life's last sobbing breath
Our spirits shall unite—twin mortals here,
In heaven one angel fair,—
For thou and I are one!
From this sweet Eden of the heart, strong Death
May banish us by his victorious will,
But not for aye—with Life's last sobbing breath
Our spirits shall unite—twin mortals here,
In heaven one angel fair,—
For thou and I are one!
'Tis true, those angels on God's missions sent,
Whose grand and sexless beauty awes the soul,
Were severed lovers once, till love had blent
Their beings into one harmonious whole;
Thus, when earth fades, from this weak swimming brain,
And I have loosed my chain,
Shall thou and I be one!
Whose grand and sexless beauty awes the soul,
Were severed lovers once, till love had blent
Their beings into one harmonious whole;
Thus, when earth fades, from this weak swimming brain,
And I have loosed my chain,
Shall thou and I be one!
Thou hast an angel's gentle strength—thy mien
Wears grave and angel calm no storms can move;
Wears grave and angel calm no storms can move;
