Each wiped the tear from other’s eye;

Now each must weep alone.

“My tears fall fast for thee, love;

How can I say, Farewell!

But go; thy God be with thee, love,

Thy heart’s deep grief to quell.

“Yet my spirit clings to thine, love;

Thy soul remains with me,

And oft we’ll hold communion sweet

O’er the dark and distant sea.