Into thy tomb, and shut the door and sit,

Seeing thy face on those four sides of it

The better that they are so blank, I know!

Why, time was what I wanted, to turn o'er

Within my mind each look, get more and more

By heart each word, too much to learn at first:

And join thee all the fitter for the pause

'Neath the low doorway's lintel. That were cause

For lingering, though thou calledst, if I durst!

And yet thou art the nobler of us two: