And ’tis said she’s lost to feeling⁠—

Spurning Nature’s high behest:

Ne’er by look or word revealing

Aught of passion in her breast!

Nay! though summer’s pride may wither;

Azure skies may lose their blue,

And the bee no longer gather

From the flower the honey-dew;

In her world of bright emotion,

Woman’s heart must beat the same,