Somewhere or Other

Somewhere or other there must surely be
    The face not seen, the voice not heard,
The heart that not yet -- never yet -- ah me!
    Made answer to my word.

Somewhere or other, may be near or far;
    Past land and sea, clean out of sight;
Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the star
    That tracks her night by night.

Somewhere or other, may be far or near;
    With just a wall, a hedge between;
With just the last leaves of the dying year
    Fallen on a turf grown green.

--Christina Rosetti