In the Dawn

Lyrics

Some souls have quickened, eye to eye And heart to heart, and instantly They understand Henceforth they can be cold no more; Woes there may be, - ay, tears and blood But not the numbness, as before They understood Henceforth, though ages roll Across wild wastes of sand and brine Whate'er betide, one human soul Is knit with mine Whatever joy be dearly bought Whatever hope my bosom stirs The straitest cell of secret thought Is wholly hers Ay, were I parted, life would be A helpless, heartless flight along Blind tracks in vales of misery And sloughs of wrong Nay, God forgive me! Life would roll like some dim moon thro' cloudy bars; But to have loved her sets my soul Among the stars