A Parting

So good-bye!This is where we end it, you and I.Life's to live, you know, and death's to die;So good-bye!

I was yoursFor the love in life that loves while life endures,For the earth-path that the Heaven-flight ensuresI was yours.

You were mineFor the moment that a garland takes to twine,For the human hour that sorcery shews divineYou were mine.

All is over.You and I no more are love and lover;Nought's to seek now, gain, attain, discover.All is over.