Divine Counsel

And if her soul has gained some place divine;
If even now she sits in heaven, and sees
All round her ranged its shining companies, —
Has not God turned her heart from loving mine?
Has He not said to her, " A soul like thine
Will find more sweet companionship in these
Who, being peaceful, know how sweet is peace,
Than in the offspring of a stormy line? ' '

Yea, He has called that love of hers a sin,
And purged her of it, and that love is dead!
Thus, even if some place near her I win,
She will not say the things on Earth she said,
God having turned her heart from me; and so,
What I have known I never more can know.