ABOUT, finally! former alarm
Devote thought and soul!
Sighing in sweet on the doorstep
And listen to the music behind the wall…
But in this song alone,
With loud cries behind the wall,
one agonizing, deep
Wistful ghost of a young…
ABOUT, who believe terrible
And who hears moaning live,
When the soul hears, trusts, –
The song died away behind a wall!..
9 November 1899
