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In tenderness unspeakable,
 She kissed my lips and brow;
Then I lost her—then she left me,
 As at the set of day
The snowy clouds float outward,
 And melt in light away.
I heard low strains of melody
 No earthly choir could sing,
A light breath floated past me,
 As from a gliding wing;
And on my darkened spirit
 There fell so bright a gleam,
I knew the blessed vision
 Was not in truth a dream;
Though death had won from my embrace,
 My beautiful, my bride,
I had won a richer treasure,
 An angel by my side.

The Father careth for us all
 In pity, and I know
My love is not forever gone
 From him who loved her so;
When a few more days have drifted
 Their shadows over me,
When the golden gates are lifted,
 My angel I shall see;