"Assurance" from Emma Lazarus' Copy Book

This poem comes from Emma Lazarus' copy book. In 1951, the content of the poem was used by Arthur Ziegler to explain why Lazarus never married. The text reads as follows: 

Assurance

Last night I slept, & when I woke her kiss
Still floated on my lips. For we had strayed
Together in my dream, through some dim glade,
Where the shy moonbeams scarce dared light our bliss.
The air was dank with dew, between the trees,
The hidden glow-worms kindled & were spent.
Cheek pressed to cheek, the cool, the hot night-breeze
Mingled our hair, our breath, & came & went,
As sporting with our passion. Low & deep
Spake in mine ear her voice: "And didst thou dream,
This could be buried? this could lie asleep?
And love be thrall to death! Nay, whatso seem,
Have faith, dear heart; this is the thing that is!"
Thereon I woke, & on my lips her kiss.