J. Comyns Carr: Stray Memories, by His Wife

by Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr

J. C. C.

1875.

ON A PICTURE.

BY E. BURNE-JONES.

Sad swift return of old love unforgot,

And passion of sweet lips that may not meet,

And trembling eyes that, like to weary feet,

Press close unto the goal yet touch it not,

Ah! Love, what hinders unto these the lot