When thine eyes

When thine eyes are kindly

Gazing into mine,

Calming all my sorrows

With that glance of thine.

Life seems full of gladness

Sweet'ned, purified,

And the doors of Heaven

Seem to open wide.

And I seem to enter

Joyfully with thee,

All my grief is changed

Into ecstacy.

But when we are parted

Quickly fades my dream,

Gloomy thoughts oppress me,

All things dreary seem

And I feel the world is

Empty without thee

And the doors of Heaven

Seem to close for me.