IX + 

“Love! thou art leading me from wintry cold, + 

Lady! thou leadest me to summer clime, + 

And I must taste the blossoms that unfold + 

In its ripe warmth this gracious morning time.” + 

So said, his erewhile timid lips grew bold. + 

And poesied with hers in dewy rhyme: + 

Great bliss was with them, and great happiness + 

Grew, like a lusty flower in June’s caress. + 