Rendezvous + 

I count that friendship little worth + 

Which has not many things untold, + 

Great longings that no words can hold, + 

And passion-secrets waiting birth. + 

Along the slender wires of speech + 

Some message from the heart is sent; + 

But who can tell the whole that’s meant? + 

Our dearest thoughts are out of reach. + 

I have not seen thee, though mine eyes + 

Hold now the image of thy face; + 

In vain, through form, I strive to trace + 

The soul I love: that deeper lies. + 

A thousand accidents control + 

Our meeting here. Clasp hand in hand, + 

And swear to meet me in that land + 

Where friends hold converse soul to soul. + 