HE came to call me back from death 
 To the bright world above. 
I hear him yet with trembling breath 
 Low calling, ?O sweet love! 
Come back! The earth is just as fair; 
The flowers, the open skies are there; 
 Come back to life and love!? 
 
Oh! all my heart went out to him, 
 And the sweet air above. 
With happy tears my eyes were dim;
 I called him, ?O sweet love! 
I come, for thou art all to me. 
Go forth, and I will follow thee, 
 Right back to life and love!? 
 
I followed through the cavern black;
 I saw the blue above. 
Some terror turned me to look back: 
 I heard him wail, ?O love! 
What hast thou done! What hast thou done!? 
And then I saw no more the sun,
 And lost were life and love.