One embrace.

Would you call the heavenly sky , In parting sorrow when I die,

for what further place on earth holds more value than my heart is worth,

would you weep in longing dear, cry such pain, and wish me near,

for what of heaven where you are, benighted by a shooting star,

Could you comfort one embrace and never part with my sweet face

But love as though I never died , and be the proudest that you tried

To love without my fondest love, and still to bless then God above ,

when all the angels serinade, and I am sleeping where I laid

In that garden fair and bound
Flowers case me fresh to ground,

upon a wing to learn to fly, in the light of heavens high

Be not weary beloved arms, hold more than flesh where love is cold,

but warmth of soul may tender be, as love lives on so as the sea,

And tides may greet the sandy shore My one true love there evermore

With motions like the heart once beating Again in time we shall be meeting

When your time is at an end, I'll find my lover and my friend,

In light of heaven when you die, we'll both embrace the open sky.