Adieu

ADIEU! I know that I no moreShall behold you,Your future lies beyond her doorWho consoled you;

The world has promised to redeemEach new sorrow,It beckons, and you lightly dreamOf a morrow.

I weep not, nor shall futile sighsHold you longer,The pity in your loveless eyesMakes me stronger,

For terrible, past loss of mine,Hath arisenThe dread to know what was your shrine—But your prison.

I listen while your lips protest,Heavy hearted,For by your wishes unexpressed—We are parted:I listen, and hope's fickle glowFades away.Why mock my grief? If you can go—Wherefore stay?

In all the past we still were true,You and I, love;Few words suffice to bid adieu,Few to die, love;

The loneliest stand face to face,Disunited,And thoughts of love that strain through spaceAre requited!