1570. Heaven by Martha Gilbert Dickinson. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1570. Heaven

By Martha Gilbert Dickinson


ONLY to find Forever, blest
By thine encircling arm;
Only to lie beyond unrest
In passion’s dreamy calm!

Only to meet and never part,	5
To sleep and never wake,—
Heart unto heart and soul to soul,
Dead for each other’s sake.