Another and a fairer world.

All heaven he felt was in her eye;

Its sunshine glistened in her glance;

The air he breathed was elfin air;

His soul was in a trance:

“Ah, spirit of some virgin saint,

Turn—turn those blesséd eyes on me,

And let me kneel and worship thee!”

Deliriously said he.

She raised her eyes, her maiden cheek