I believe if I should die,
And you should kiss my eyelids where I lie
Cold, dead, and dumb to all the world contains,
The folded orbs would open at thy breath,
And from its exile in the Isles of Death
Life would come gladly back along my veins.

Here and There in Mexico: The Travel Writings of Mary Ashley Townsend (ed. University of Alabama Press, 2001) - ISBN: 9780817310585