A loved regret which I would not resign.

There yet are two things in my destiny—

A world to roam through, and a home with thee.

II.

The first were nothing—had I still the last,

It were the haven of my happiness;

But other claims and other ties thou hast,

And mine is not the wish to make them less.

A strange doom is thy father's son's, and part

Recalling, as it lies beyond redress;