| Thomas R. Lounsbury, ed. (1838–1915). Yale Book of American Verse. 1912. |
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| James Russell Lowell. 1819–1891 |
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| 127. Song |
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| O, MOONLIGHT deep and tender, | |
| A year and more agone, | |
| Your mist of golden splendor | |
| Round my betrothal shone! | |
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| O, elm-leaves dark and dewy, | 5 |
| The very same ye seem, | |
| The low wind trembles through ye, | |
| Ye murmur in my dream! | |
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| O, river, dim with distance, | |
| Flow thus forever by, | 10 |
| A part of my existence | |
| Within your heart doth lie! | |
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| O, stars, ye saw our meeting, | |
| Two beings and one soul, | |
| Two hearts so madly beating | 15 |
| To mingle and be whole! | |
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| O, happy night, deliver | |
| Her kisses back to me, | |
| Or keep them all, and give her | |
| A blissful dream of me! | 20 |
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