III + 

Lift the latch! ah gently! ah tenderly⁠—sweet! + 

We are dead if that latchet gives one little clink! + 

Well done⁠—now those lips, and a flowery seat⁠— + 

The old man may sleep, and the planets may wink; + 

The shut rose shall dream of our loves and awake + 

Full-blown, and such warmth for the morning take, + 

The stock-dove shall hatch her soft brace and shall coo, + 

While I kiss to the melody, aching all through. + 