Lines: 'We Meet Not As We Parted'
We meet not as we parted,We feel more than all may see;My bosom is heavy-hearted,And thine full of doubt for me:--One moment has bound the free.
That moment is gone for ever,Like lightning that flashed and died--Like a snowflake upon the river--Like a sunbeam upon the tide,Which the dark shadows hide.
That moment from time was singledAs the first of a life of pain;The cup of its joy was mingled--Delusion too sweet though vain!Too sweet to be mine again.
Sweet lips, could my heart have hiddenThat its life was crushed by you,Ye would not have then forbiddenThe death which a heart so trueSought in your briny dew.
.........Methinks too little costFor a moment so found, so lost!
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