Oh! but to find expression for the thoughts,

So marvellous and yet so undefined,

That flow from out the palpitating soul

Oh! but to have the gift to put in words,

That potent passion, that divine desire,

That thrills the aching spirit with unrest

Oh! God, but once to rise above the flesh,

To breathe our inmost thoughts in one vast sigh

Of rapture. Oh! to realise ourselves,