I hear not thee; and yet I feel thee near—

What is this bound that keeps thee from thine own?

Breathe it away.

I wait thee—I adjure thee! Hast thou known

How I have loved thee? couldst thou dream it all?

Am I not here, with night and death alone,

And fearing not? And hath my spirit’s call

O’er thine no sway?

Thou canst not come! or thus I should not weep!

Thy love is deathless—but no longer free!