Dissolution + 

I languish in thy penetrating clasp, + 

Just as a bird entangled on a bough + 

Shaken by the wind; + 

Yet here would I be happy in the grasp + 

Of death; but in thy breast I’m hidden now, + 

And death is blind. + 

I melt beneath thy storm of kisses, dear, + 

Just as the gum upon the almond tree + 

Of melting when alone and far from thee: + 

Melts ’neath the rain; + 

Yet would I melt to-night than live in fear + 

O, storm again! + 