dearer

In thy glory afar

And dearer thy beam shall be;

For joy to my heart

Are mother to the one I loved so dearly,

And thus are dearer than the mother I knew

By that infinity with which my wife

I am in love with him to whom a hyacinth is dearer

Than I shall ever be dear.

When you, that at this moment are to me

Dearer than words on paper, shall depart,

And be no more the warder of my heart,

Their song that lacks all words, all melody,

All sweetness almost, was dearer then to me

Than sweetest voice that sings in tune sweet words.

And shades hide what has never been,

Things goodlier, lovelier, dearer, than will be or have

been.

Is chastity. That is her only virtue.

Dearer than life she holds it. I remember

A Gypsy woman, a vile, shameless bawd,

Farewell to the old mill and dash of the waters,

To the miller and, dearer still, to his three bonny daughters.