We lean away, and long for the far off.

And when our feet through weariness and toll

Have gained the heights that showed so brightly well,

Our blind and dizzied vision sees too late

The cool broad shadows trailing at the base.

And then our wasted arms let slip the flowers,

And our pained bosoms wrinkle from the fair

And smooth proportions of our primal years,

And so our sun goes down, and wistful death

Withdraws love's last delusion from our hearts,