To day we part! Me far away to dwell
From this the Scene that saw our innocent Love
Bloom into beauty! The blue Heaven above,—
These Hills and Valleys,—and each rocky Dell
Where Echo hideth;—shall not these some spell
Of our sweet Vows retain? Shall these not guess
Their gain and loss in our supreme distress,
Till Time to Fame the eloquent Story tell?
To-morrow, and the Sun shall climb yon Hill
Bright as before; all winged Things shall start
To song as glad as we were listening still;
This Stream exult like a mirth-gushing heart!
But I, pursuing Fortune’s wandering star,
Shall not with these rejoice—from Thee and Them afar!