SHALL I with lethal draughts drowse every thought
And let the days pass by with silent tread,-
Dream that the vanished hour I long have sought
Is once more mine, and you no longer dead?
How shall I grasp the skirts of happy chance
And calm my spirit in adventurous ways,
Like bold Don Quixote hold aloft my lance
Against the world without thy meed of praise?
How can I live through long discordant days,
How cheat despair, or speed Time’s lagging feet,
Since I have lost the fragrance of love’s ways
That turned life’s winter into springtime sweet?
Come to me, Death, come, ere it be too late;
Thy kiss alone can draw the sting of Fate.
(Marian Osborne)
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