That I can feel, not see, the dimpled cheek,

The lips, the eyes, the sunbeams that enfold

Her locks of gold?

III.

Have I not sworn that I will not be wed,

But mate my soul with hers on my death-bed?

The soul can see,—for souls are seraphim,—

When eyes are dim.

IV.

Oh, hush! she comes. I know her. She is nigh.