I can share all things, even immortal sorrow;
For thou hast ventured to share life with me,
And shall I shrink from thine eternity?
No, though the serpent’s sting[[201]] should pierce me through,
And thou thyself wert like the serpent, coil
Around me still.[[202]] And I will smile
And curse thee not, but hold
Thee in as warm a fold
As—but descend and prove
A mortal’s love