Shall yet call gentle angels from above,

By its undying fervour, and prevail—

Sending a breath, as of the spring’s first gale,

Through hearts now cold; and, raising its bright face,

With a free gush of sunny tears, erase

The characters of anguish. In this trust,

I bear, I strive, I bow not to the dust,

That I may bring thee back no faded form,

No bosom chill’d and blighted by the storm,

But all my youth’s first treasures, when we meet,