Of the foolish sort are left to roam at large,

Do all acts of folly and sin and shame!

Thy paths are mystery!

Yet I will not think

Sweet friend, but we shall one day meet and live

In quietness, and die so, fearing God;

Or if not—and these false suggestions be

A fit of the weak nature, loath to part

With what it loved so long and held so dear,—

If thou art to be taken and I left