Grow to my lip, thou sacred kiss,

On which my soul's beloved swore

That there should come a time of bliss,

When she would mock my hopes no more.

And fancy shall thy glow renew,

In sighs at morn, and dreams at night,

And none shall steal thy holy dew

Till thou'rt absolved by rapture's rite.

Sweet hours that are to make me blest,

Fly, swift as breezes, to the goal,

And let my love, my more than soul,

Come blushing to this ardent breast.

Then, while in every glance I drink

The rich overflowing of her mind,

Oh! let her all enamored sink

In sweet abandonment resigned,

Blushing for all our struggles past,

And murmuring, "I am thine at last!"