“I Need Not Go”
I need not goThrough sleet and snowTo where I knowShe waits for me;She will wait me thereTill I find it fair,And have time to spareFrom company.
When I’ve overgotThe world somewhat,When things cost notSuch stress and strain,Is soon enoughBy cypress soughTo tell my LoveI am come again.
And if some day,When none cries nay,I still delayTo seek her side,(Though ample measureOf fitting leisureAwait my pleasure)She will riot chide.
What—not upbraid meThat I delayed me,Nor ask what stayed meSo long? Ah, no!—New cares may claim me,New loves inflame me,She will not blame me,But suffer it so.
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