Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Christina Georgina Rossetti 183094The Unseen World. IV. Wife to Husband
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For the love of years ago:
Good-by.
I must drift across the sea,
I must sink into the snow,
I must die.
You can drink wine, and eat:
Good-by.
I must gird myself and run
Though with unready feet:
I must die.
Cold bed to sleep in:
Good-by.
While you clasp, I must be gone
For all your weeping:
I must die.
And a word for two,—
Good-by:—
A lock that you must send,
A kindness you must do:
I must die.
Not a lock or kiss,
Good-by:—
We, one, must part in two;
Verily death is this:
I must die.