Called to me "Brother!" as I passed them by.

The door was open. "I shall feel again,"

I thought, "that inextinguishable pain

Of longing loss and hopeless memory."

When—O electric flash of ecstasy!

No spirit's moan of pain fell on my ear—

A human voice, an angel's melody,

God let me in that perfect moment hear.

Oh, the sweet rush of gladness and delight,