Softly and wildly its clear notes swell
Like the spirit-tones of a silver bell,
And the lips whence the fairy music flows
Is to fancy’s eye like a speaking rose.
Beautiful, beautiful girl, thou art
A vision of joy to the throbbing heart,
A star sent down from a world of bliss
And all undimmed by the shades of this;
A rainbow pictured by love’s own sun
On the clouds of being, beautiful one.