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 The Voice [drawing nearer with each couplet.

When thou dost laugh, beloved,
 * Love shines in thy dear eyes

And harassing suspicion
 * Unfolds its wings and flies.

Ah! loyal laughter proveth
 * Heart open as the day—
 * Laugh, my beloved,
 * For ever and for aye!

When thou dost sleep, beloved,
 * So calm and pure thou art,

Thy breath soft words doth murmur,
 * Like music to my heart.

Unveiled and unapparelled,
 * Thou'rt fairer than the day—
 * Sleep, my beloved
 * For ever and for aye!

When thou dost say: "I love thee!"
 * Oh! then, my love, meseems

That Heaven itself, above us,
 * Lies open to my dreams!

Thy glance doth gleam resplendent
 * With love's divinest ray—
 * Love, my beloved,
 * For ever and for aye!

Thus all my life, beloved,
 * Do those four words contain;

All blessings that men envy,
 * All blessings without pain.