For ever fearing lest absence be near;

For the days when thou held’st the Beloved close,

Why rise not thy thanks so that all may hear?

XXXI

The breath of Dawn’s musk-strewing wind shall blow,

The ancient world shall turn to youth again,

And other wines from out Spring’s chalice flow;

Wine-red, the judas-tree shall set before

The pure white jessamine a brimming cup,

And wind flowers lift their scarlet chalice up