| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | IV. Futurity with the Departed | | By Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) |
| | | AND, O beloved voices, upon which | |
| Ours passionately call, because erelong | |
| Ye brake off in the middle of that song | |
| We sang together softly, to enrich | |
| The poor world with the sense of love, and witch | 5 |
| The heart out of things evil,—I am strong, | |
| Knowing ye are not lost for aye among | |
| The hills with last year’s thrush. God keeps a niche | |
| In Heaven to hold our idols; and albeit | |
| He brake them to our faces, and denied | 10 |
| That our close kisses should impair their white, | |
| I know we shall behold them raised, complete, | |
| The dust shook off their beauty, glorified, | |
| New Memnons singing in the great God-light. | | | | |
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