Thy spirit in the dusking leaf,

And in the midmost heart of grief

Thy passion clasps a secret joy."

With which compare these lines in The Gardener's Daughter:

"Yet might I tell of meetings, of farewells,—

Of that which came between, more sweet than each,

In whispers, like the whispers of the leaves

That tremble round a nightingale—in sighs

Which perfect Joy, perplexed for utterance,

Stole from her sister Sorrow."