Doom takes to part us leaves thy heart in mine

With pulses that beat double. What I do

And what I dream include thee, as the wine

Must taste of its own grapes. And, when I sue

God for myself, he hears that name of thine,

And sees within my eyes the tears of two.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

RENOUNCEMENT

I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong,

I shun the thought that lurks in all delight—