• Once before, this self-same air
    Passed me, though I know not where.
    Strange! how very like it came!
    Touch and fragrance were the same;
    Sound of mingled voices, too,
    With a light laugh ringing through;
    Some one moving,—here or there,—
    Some one passing up the stair,
    Some one calling from without,
    Or a far-off childish shout...

  • Once before, this self-same air
    Passed me, though I know not where.
    Strange! how very like it came!
    Touch and fragrance were the same;
    Sound of mingled voices, too,
    With a light laugh ringing through;
    Some one moving,—here or there,—
    Some one passing up the stair,
    Some one calling from without,
    Or a far-off childish shout...