The Old Road to Paradise/I Said, "Love is Gone"

by Margaret Widdemer

I SAID, "LOVE IS GONE"

I said, "Love is gone;  I need bear no more Terrible dawn  And midnight sore Hungering dreams  I cannot keep And fever-streams  Across my sleep . . ."

And the sun went down,  And the day burned black Over the town  And Love came back And my heart was burned  With fire and pain—But Love had returned,  Had returned again!