"What will they do, why, this—and this!"
And on her cold lips dropped a kiss,
And found her frozen figure crept
A tender clasp.—She laughed and wept
And laughed again, for this and this,
This tender clasp, this tender kiss,
Wras more than all her dream come true:
Was earth with Heaven's light shining through;
Was Christ's own promise kept aright—
His word fulfilled on Christ-day night!