Dorothea + 

1888⁠–⁠1912 + 

A deeper crimson in the rose, + 

A deeper blue in sky and sea, + 

And ever, as the summer goes, + 

A deeper loss in losing thee! + 

A deeper music in the strain + 

Of hermit-thrush from lonely tree; + 

And deeper grows the sense of gain + 

My life has found in having thee. + 

A deeper love, a deeper rest, + 

A deeper joy in all I see; + 

And ever deeper in my breast + 

A silver song that comes from thee! + 