In Two Worlds

NEVER again on earth, never again,
Shall hand be clasped in hand.
Life tints each flower, life gleams in every ray
That glitters o’er the land;
But thou hast life I cannot understand.

Never again, alas, never again
Shall mortal ear or eye
Know the lost tone and glance whose tenderness
Was all too dear to die.
And thou hast heaven; but what save tears have I ?
Save tears and hope, till, separate for aye
From each decaying clod,
Freed souls shall live beyond the universe
Of sky and sea and sod;
Till sundered lives, made one, are lost in God.