Ah, never, would come back to town!

When suddenly, there I beheld you

Yourself—ah, the joyous amaze!

I wonder what instinct impelled you

Your dreamy dark eyes to upraise,

That for one happy second's communing

Met mine that had waited so long—

And the wail of the violins tuning

It turned to a jubilant song!

'Mid organ-chords sombre and mellow