Another sonnet by Wordsworth. Please note that the stops & starts at the beginning of the video are deliberate & meant to portray the desolation (sense of darkness) felt by the narrator.

SURPRISED BY JOY

Surprised by joy -impatient as the wind
I turned to share the transport - Oh! with whom
But Thee, deep buried in the silent tomb,
That spot which no vicissitude can find? 

Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind -
But how could I forget thee? Through what power,
Even for the least division of an hour,
Have I been so beguiled as to be blind 

To my most grievous loss? - That thought's return
Was the worst pang that sorrow ever bore
Save one, one only, when I stood forlorn,
Knowing my heart's best treasure was no more; 

That neither present time, nor years unborn,
Could to my sight that heavenly face restore.

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