Valedictory
NO WORD upon the boarded pageThat once in praise I spoke,Would I in bitterness and rage,Had I the power, revoke.Take them and bind them to your heart,With ribbon or with rue.An end arrives to all we start;I write no more of you.
Go then, adhere to the vows you makeOut of a haughty heart;No more to tremble for my sakeNor writhe beneath the smartOf hearing on an alien tongueTolled lightly and in play,The bell by which our lives were rung,The bell we break today.
Love ever was the brightest dreamMy pen might seize upon;Think not I shall renounce the themeNow that the dream is done.
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