Hath known the sweetness of thy smile.

Or haply, from a lone, dim shrine

Mid forests of the Apennine,

Whose breezy sounds of cave and dell

Pass like a floating anthem-swell,

Thy soft eyes o’er the pilgrim’s way

Shed blessings with their gentle ray.

Or gleaming through a chestnut wood,

Perchance thine island-chapel stood,

Where from the blue Sicilian sea