Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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TIME AND ABSENCE. |
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TIME AND ABSENCE.
Have we not, many a time—and oft,
Discoursed on solemn themes,
And felt our souls together glide
Along a sea of dreams?
Discoursed on solemn themes,
And felt our souls together glide
Along a sea of dreams?
Have we not talked of Life and Death,
And high and hallowed things;
Until we felt our spirits soar—
And rise on mighty wings?
And high and hallowed things;
Until we felt our spirits soar—
And rise on mighty wings?
Have we not oft of love and grief,
And their deep, awful powers,
Conversed together mournfully
In hushed and quiet hours?
And their deep, awful powers,
Conversed together mournfully
In hushed and quiet hours?
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And have we opened not our hearts
Unto each other still?
And can these hearts forget to love,
And careless grow, and chill?
Unto each other still?
And can these hearts forget to love,
And careless grow, and chill?
Oh! never, never! one at least
Is firm as moveless rocks—
Talk not of Absence and of Time.
That cannot feel their shocks!
Is firm as moveless rocks—
Talk not of Absence and of Time.
That cannot feel their shocks!
Talk not of Absence and of Time,
Fresh scenes and rolling hours—
For Time and Absence—my deep heart
Nor fears nor feels their powers!
Fresh scenes and rolling hours—
For Time and Absence—my deep heart
Nor fears nor feels their powers!
I see thee—or I see thee not—
My happiness indeed
Hangs on thy presence, but my love—
My love hath no such need!
My happiness indeed
Hangs on thy presence, but my love—
My love hath no such need!
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Let me too think that, far or near,
Thou lov'st with faithful heart—
And still some bliss shall be my share,
Or with thee—or apart!
Thou lov'st with faithful heart—
And still some bliss shall be my share,
Or with thee—or apart!
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