SO with this farewell kiss I taste at last
The all of life; the Future and the Past
Upon your dear lips dwell.
Love will not come again, though I implore;
And in my heart a twilight evermore –
Farewell!
A man’s heart is so wide that I was wrong
To dream that I could fill it with the song
A woman loves so well;
A woman’s heart is narrow, but I filled
Mine brimming with your kisses – none was spilled –
Farewell!
So fierce your love was, I was half-afraid.
The roses blossom and the roses fade;
The withered petals tell!
So high into your heart you lifted me,
So far I have to fall, since it must be
Farewell!
Now all the world I fashioned round me falls;
And from the past one memory calls and calls,
Grieving, and like a knell;
Now all the days like drear regrets shall seem,
And all the nights – the nights! ..I dare not dream!
Farewell!
But what if I can hold you, hold you yet
Till all else but my lips you must forget:
If love could but compel!
But all the mystic hopes our hearts have heard
Must droop and wither to this wistful word –
Farewell!
My love was like a little child to me;
Now in my heart ‘t is crying piteously –
Hush, dear! all will be well!
My lips on yours for ever! Say again
You love me – though it be not true – and then –
Farewell!
(Arthur Henry Adams)
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