I dreamed I lay within his master arm,
And that his eye, adventured into mine,
Had roused my pulses to a glad alarm
Of love, obeying his imperious sign;
His urgent will supreme, my will supine,
His mouth most eloquent in mute address,
Demanding that which I could not decline,
Because my heart said only "yes" and "yes":--
Oh! we forgot the world, and life, and death,
Because his heart was knocking on my breast,
When I, with faltering lips and flutt'ring breath,
Yielding, acceded to his keen request,--
At last, transcending words that speak of bliss,
Our two mouths moulded in one God-like Kiss!
