VII

Don't speak! a word would mar it all,

Just put your hand in mine.

This silence seems of Heaven, to fall

From thence, a thing Divine.

Be still! to move would seem profane,

So magic is the night,

All hushed, yet throbbing with a vein

Of passionate delight.

Look up! and let your gaze enfold

My face that bends above,

And in my ardent eyes behold

The ecstasy of love.