Long and patiently have I watched for you:

Fill my heart and home with yourselves so true.”

Do you hear them chant, in their rapturous glee,

“Never tires Love, Soul; we are not for thee.

We must on and on, like the water blue;

Bravely wait, work, hope, till your Love finds you.

Danger waits below; you are tempting Death;”

She is calling, still; for, with bated breath,

Has she watched, benumbed, while a sportive elf

Laughing wildly, recklessly, cast himself