Two feet—they meet; they part, now swift, now slow

They pace to music through one palace hall.

Two eyes—they move in concord: wanderers long,

At last they rest on one unmoving star:

Two mouths, in kisses met, dispart in song—

Sweet are our meetings; sweet our partings are.

XIV.

I come, I go; yet neither shall repine:

Sad is the parting; the return is sweet:

Once more the battle with a voice divine