IV.
And lo! the joy that cometh with the morning,
Brightly victorious o’er the hours of care!
I have not watch’d in vain, serenely scorning
The wild and busy whispers of despair!
Thou hast sent tidings, as of heaven—I wait
The hour, the sign, for blessed flight to thee.
Oh! for the skylark’s wing that seeks its mate
As a star shoots!—but on the breezy sea
We shall meet soon. To think of such an hour!
Will not my heart, o’erburden’d by its bliss,
Faint and give way within me, as a flower
Borne down and perishing by noontide’s kiss?
Yet shall I fear that lot—the perfect rest,
The full deep joy of dying on thy breast,
After long suffering won? So rich a close
Too seldom crowns with peace affection’s woes.