Dear friend, far off, my lost desire,
⁠So far, so near in woe and weal;
⁠O, loved the most when most I feel
There is a lower and a higher;

Known and unknown, human, divine!
⁠Sweet human hand and lips and eye,
⁠Dear heavenly friend that canst not die,
Mine, mine, for ever, ever mine!

Strange friend, past, present, and to be,
⁠Loved deeplier, darklier understood;
⁠Behold I dream a dream of good
And mingle all the world with thee.