Far away in the distance, with longing and rapture heart-free,
As a girl I gazed right away, where the heaven touched the sea,
I wished for the wings of a swallow to get to the Great Beyond,
And so at the last discover should to my soul respond,
The key to my dearest wishes, the full cup of desire,
The reaching to high ambition, till I could get no higher,
The finding ideal love in one man's kindred soul,
The love that makes the breakings of life a thing to thole.