[verse 1] Take back the virgin page, White and unwritten still; Some hand, more calm and sage, The leaf must fill. Thoughts come, as pure as light, Pure as even you require; But oh! each word I write Love turns to fire. [verse 2] Yet let me keep the book; Oft shall my heart renew, When on its leaves I look, Dear thoughts of you! Like you, 'tis fair and bright; Like you, too bright and fair To let wild passion write One wrong wish there! [verse 3] Haply, when from those eyes Far, far away I roam, Should calmer thoughts arise Tow'rds you and home; Fancy may trace some line, Worthy those eyes to meet; Thoughts that not burn, but shine Pure, calm and sweet! [verse 4] And, as the records are, Which wandering seamen keep, Led by their hidden star Through the cold deep; So may the words I write Tell thro' what storms I stray, You still the unseen light, Guiding my way! [Outro] You still the unseen light... The unseen light...
