Poems (Henley)/In the year that's come and gone

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4685092Poems — In the year that's come and goneWilliam Ernest Henley

XXV

In the year that's come and gone, love, his flying featherStooping slowly, gave us heart, and bade us walk together.In the year that's coming on, though many a troth be broken,We at least will not forget aught that love hath spoken.

In the year that's come and gone, dear, we wove a tetherAll of gracious words and thoughts, binding two together.In the year that's coming on with its wealth of rosesWe shall weave it stronger yet, ere the circle closes.

In the year that's come and gone, in the golden weather,Sweet, my sweet, we swore to keep the watch of life together.In the year that's coming on, rich in joy and sorrow,We shall light our lamp, and wait life's mysterious morrow.

1877