10.

Was it for this we loved, O Time, to be

Among Love's deathless through eternity,

Set high on lone, divided peaks above

The sheltered summer-valley, broad and green?

Was it for this our joy and grief have been,

Our barren day-dreams, dream-deserted nights--

That valley-lovers, looking up, might see

How vain is Love among the starry heights,

And, loving, sigh: "How vain a thing is Love!"?