If I may have it, when it's dead,

If I may have it, when it's dead,
I'll be contented -- now --[^a1]so --
If just as soon as Breath is out
It shall belong to me --

[^a1: now -- | now --]

Until they lock it in the Grave,
'Tis Wealth I cannot weigh[^a2]Bliss I cannot weigh --
For tho' they lock Thee in the Grave,
Myself -- can hold[^a3]own the key --

[^a2: Wealth I cannot weigh | Wealth I cannot weigh]

[^a3: hold | hold]

Think of it Lover! I and Thee
Permitted -- face to face to be --
After a Life -- a Death -- We'll say --
For Death was That
And This -- is Thee --

I'll tell Thee All -- how Blank --[^a4]Bald it grew --
How Midnight felt, at first -- to me --
How all the Clocks stopped in the World --
And Sunshine pinched me -- 'Twas so cold --

[^a4: Blank -- | Blank --]

Then how the Grief got sleepy -- some --
As if my Soul were deaf and dumb --
Just making signs -- it seemed[^a5]across -- to Thee --
That this way -- thou could'st speak to --[^a6]notice me --

[^a5: it seemed | it seemed]

[^a6: speak to -- | speak to --]

I'll tell you how I tried to keep
A smile, to show you, when this Deep
All Waded -- We look back for Play,
At those Old Times -- in Calvary.

Forgive me, if the Grave come slow --
For Coveting to look at Thee --
Forgive me, if to stroke thy frost
Outvisions Paradise!