That now compels me to some higher mood,

Diviner sense of something that outsoars

The Earth—her kiss! that all love's splendor pours

Into me; all delicious womanhood,

So all the heart that hesitates—adores.

"Sweet, my soul's victor! heart's triumphant Sweet!

Within thy bosom Love hath raised his seat;

There he sits crowned; and, from thy eyes and hair,

Shoots his soft arrows,—as the moonbeams fair,—

That long have laid me supine at thy feet,