And never gaze on it with apathy.
She was my early friend, and now shall be
My sister—till I look again on thee.
XII.
I can reduce all feelings but this one:
And that I would not;—for at length I see
Such scenes as those wherein my life begun.
The earliest—even the only paths for me—
Had I but sooner learnt the crowd to shun,
I had been better than I now can be: