'What the Bullet sang'

O Joy of creation,
    To be!
O rapture, to fly
    And be free!
Be the battle lost or won,
Though its smoke shall hide the sun,
I shall find my love -- the one
    Born for me!

I shall know him where he stands
    All alone,
With the power in his hands
    Not o'erthrown;
I shall know him by his face,
By his godlike front and grace;
I shall hold him for a space
    All my own!

It is he -- O my love!
    So bold!
It is I -- all thy love
    Foretold!
It is I -- O love, what bliss!
Dost thou answer to my kiss?
O sweetheart! what is this
    Lieth there so cold?

       -- Bret Harte