Shall change, shall become first a peace out of pain,
Then a light, then thy breast,
O thou soul of my soul! I shall clasp thee again,
And with God be the rest!
EURYDICE TO ORPHEUS
A PICTURE BY LEIGHTON
First published, without metrical divisions, in the Royal Academy Catalogue, 1864.
But give them me, the mouth, the eyes, the brow!
Let them once more absorb me! One look now
Will lap me round forever, not to pass
Out of its light, though darkness lie beyond: