In my beloved's eyes

I look'd into the midnight deep,
And saw the steadfast stars,
True sentinels that never sleep
Beyond Earth's prison bars;
I look'd in my beloved's eyes,
And saw her radiant soul,
Still steadfast in the skies
Of love's remotest goal.

by W. M. Chauvenet

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by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "In my beloved's eyes", 1898, published 1902 [mezzo-soprano or baritone], from Three Songs, no. 1.

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