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Oh,my beloved, have you thought of this:How in the years to come unscrupulous Time,More cruel than Death, will tear you from my kiss,And make you old, and leave me in my prime?How you and I, who scale together yetA little while the sweet, immortal heightNo pilgrim may remember or forget,As sure as the world turns, some granite nightShall lie awake and know the gracious flameGone out forever on the mutual stone;And call to mind how on the day you cameI was a child, and you a hero grown?—And the night pass, and the strange morning breakUpon our anguish for each other’s sake!
Oh,my beloved, have you thought of this:How in the years to come unscrupulous Time,More cruel than Death, will tear you from my kiss,And make you old, and leave me in my prime?How you and I, who scale together yetA little while the sweet, immortal heightNo pilgrim may remember or forget,As sure as the world turns, some granite nightShall lie awake and know the gracious flameGone out forever on the mutual stone;And call to mind how on the day you cameI was a child, and you a hero grown?—And the night pass, and the strange morning breakUpon our anguish for each other’s sake!
Oh,my beloved, have you thought of this:How in the years to come unscrupulous Time,More cruel than Death, will tear you from my kiss,And make you old, and leave me in my prime?How you and I, who scale together yetA little while the sweet, immortal heightNo pilgrim may remember or forget,As sure as the world turns, some granite nightShall lie awake and know the gracious flameGone out forever on the mutual stone;And call to mind how on the day you cameI was a child, and you a hero grown?—And the night pass, and the strange morning breakUpon our anguish for each other’s sake!