Filled with such thoughts, I regret that I cannot express them like the poet, whose name I know not, but whose words I will recall:

“Good-bye, sweet day, good-bye!

I have so loved thee, but I cannot hold thee;

Departing like a dream the shadows fold thee.

Slowly thy perfect beauty fades away;

Good-bye, sweet day.

“Good-bye, sweet day, good-bye!

Dear were the golden hours of tranquil splendor.

Sadly thou yieldest to the evening tender,

Who wert so fair from thy first morning ray.