Some time, when in a darkened place
  Where others come to weep,
Your eyes shall look upon a face
  Calm in eternal sleep;
The speechless lips, the wrinkled brow,
  The patient smile shall show--
You are too young to know it now,
  But some time you shall know!

Look backward, then, into the years,
  And see me here to-night--
See, O my darling!  how my tears
  Are falling as I write;
And feel once more upon your brow
  The kiss of long ago--
You are too young to know it now.
  But some time you shall know!