Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912.
James Russell Lowell 1819–1891
James Russell Lowell127 Song
O,
A year and more agone,
Your mist of golden splendor
Round my betrothal shone!
The very same ye seem,
The low wind trembles through ye,
Ye murmur in my dream!
Flow thus forever by,
A part of my existence
Within your heart doth lie!
Two beings and one soul,
Two hearts so madly beating
To mingle and be whole!
Her kisses back to me,
Or keep them all, and give her
A blissful dream of me!