But either she, whom now I have, who now

Divides with me that loved abode, was there,

Or not far off. Where'er my footsteps turned,

Her voice was like a hidden bird that sang;

The thought of her was like a flash of light

Or an unseen companionship, a breath

Or fragrance independent of the wind.

In all my goings, in the new and old

Of all my meditations, and in this

Favourite of all, in this, the most of all....