Hid tabernacle in the wood’s recess

To those care-haunted lovers thou, unseen,

Should’st send thy flame-tipped song to cheer and bless.

Enough for them to hear

And feel thy presence near;

And yet when he, regardful of her ease,

Had led her back by brightening hall and stair

To her own chamber’s quietude and peace,

One maple-bowered window shook with rare,

Sweet song—and thou wert there!