Worlds without stint, and quit them for the clay

Of some new planet where a summer's day

Lasts fifty years; and there to celebrate

Our Golden Wedding, by the will of Fate—

This were a subject for a seraph's lay.

XX.

This were a life to live,—a life indeed,—

A thing to die for; if, in truth, we die

When we but put our mortal vestments by.

This were a climax for a lover's need