Can it be true that our hearts are so light?

When did we dream? Is it now? Was it then?

And oh! to stand on the well-known road

In the bright uncertain English weather;

And oh! the hearts that are free from a load,

And oh! the hands that are knit together!

And oh! to see Rover leap to his side

With a yell as if he doubted his sight!

I thought the old dog would have really died

In his vehement agony of delight.