Our genius, and our guardian angel be

Till fate unite us in eternity!

But—the bless’d shade to me no hope bequeaths

Till death his faulchion in my bosom sheaths!

Sorrowing, I close my eyes in restless sleep;

Sorrowing, I wake the live-long day to weep.

No future comfort can this world bestow,

’Tis blank and cold, as overwhelm’d with snow.


When dying in my arms, she softly said: