Of her still hand in mine. And so I came

Gladly unto her. Yea, I, too, would rob

Time of his triumphs.—Who would groan and sob

Beneath his fardels, hearing sad men sigh

When here is cure?—for Life, that, like a lob,

Rides us to death; for Love, a godless lie;

And Toil and Hunger.—Yea, what fool would fear to die?

XII

Then seemed I wrapped in rolling mists, and, oh,

Her arm was round me and her kisses dear