Augustus Dana's Wife

Sometimes across the written page,Whereon the ink is wet,A message flashes, and I knowThat love cannot forget.

II.

Sometimes in silence of the nightDear eyes respond to mine,And all the darkness slips away,And — I am only thine.

III.

Nor time nor space nor circumstanceCan faithful hearts divide —Though half the world should lie between"Love's ever at love's side."