Love's Nearness (Lyrics) by Henry Van Dyke

I think of thee when golden sunbeams glimmer / Across the sea; / And when the waves reflect the moon's pale shimmer / I think of thee.

I see thy form when down the distant highway / The dust-clouds rise; / In darkest night, above the mountain by-way / I see thine eyes.

I hear thee when the ocean-tides returning / Aloud rejoice; / And on the lonely moor in silence yearning / I hear thy voice.

I dwell with thee; though thou art far removed, / Yet thou art near.

The sun goes down, the stars shine out, -- Beloved / If thou wert here!

_From the German of Goethe_, 1898.