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THE HOUR AND THE GHOST.
Ah, sure bed and house,
For better and worse, for life and death:
Goal won with shortened breath;
Come, crown our vows.
For better and worse, for life and death:
Goal won with shortened breath;
Come, crown our vows.
BRIDE.
One moment, one more word,
While my heart beats still,
While my breath is stirred
By my fainting will.
O friend forsake me not,
Forget not as I forgot:
But keep thy heart for me,
Keep thy faith true and bright;
Through the lone cold winter night
Perhaps I may come to thee.
While my heart beats still,
While my breath is stirred
By my fainting will.
O friend forsake me not,
Forget not as I forgot:
But keep thy heart for me,
Keep thy faith true and bright;
Through the lone cold winter night
Perhaps I may come to thee.
BRIDEGROOM.
Nay peace, my darling, peace:
Let these dreams and terrors cease:
Who spoke of death or change or aught but ease?
Let these dreams and terrors cease:
Who spoke of death or change or aught but ease?
GHOST.
O fair frail sin, poor harvest gathered in!
Thou shalt visit him again
To watch his heart grow cold:
To know the gnawing pain
I knew of old;
Thou shalt visit him again
To watch his heart grow cold:
To know the gnawing pain
I knew of old;
