VANISHED LOVE
When my love was nigh me
Naught had I to say:
Then I feigned a false love—
And turned my lips away.
When my love lay dying,
Sorrowing I said,
'Soon shall I wear scarlet,
Because my love is dead.'
When my love had vanished,
Then was nothing said:
I forgot the scarlet
For tears—and bowed my head.