You Remember that Evening

You remember that evening
At my window still staying,
Bare-headed and gloveless
For love, long delaying:
I stretch'd my hand to you,
You clasp'd it, caressing;
And we kept in soft converse
Till the lark sang his blessing.

You remember that evening
We spent both together,
'Neath the red-berried Rowan
In still snowy weather.
Your white throat was singing,
Your head on my shoulder —
Ne'er thought I, that evening,
That love could grow colder.

My heart in you! — darling!
Come soon to me, hither,
When my household are sleeping
To whisper together:
My two hands shall clasp you,
While my story is given,
How your soft and sweet converse
Took my prospect of Heaven.