"Oh, I am happy now!"

And thus the words were spoken;

And this the plighted vow;

And, though my faith be broken,

And, though my heart be broken,

Here is a ring, as token

That I am happy now!—

Behold the golden token

That proves me happy now!

Would God I could awaken!

For I dream I know not how,

And my soul is sorely shaken

Lest an evil step be taken,—

Lest the dead who is forsaken

May not be happy now.

(1837)