The chamber of thy delight
Through endless day and night;
Rejoice, this is the end—
Thou hast found the heart of a friend."
"AH, TIME, GO NOT SO SOON"
Ah, Time, go not so soon;
I would not thus be used, I would forego that boon;
Turn back, swift Time, and let
Me many a year forget;
Let her be strange once more—an unfamiliar tune,
An unimagined flower,
Not known till that mute, wondrous hour
When first we met!
"THE YEARS ARE ANGELS"
The years are angels that bring down from Heaven
Gifts of the gods. What has the angel given
Who last night vanished up the heavenly wall?
He gave a friend—the gods' best gift of all.
"IN HER YOUNG EYES"
In her young eyes the children looked and found
Their happy comrade. Summer souls false-bound
In age's frosty winter,—without ruth,—
Lived once again in her their long-lost youth.
"YESTERDAY, WHEN WE WERE FRIENDS"
I
Yesterday, when we were friends,
We were scarcely friends at all;
Now we have been friends so long,
Now our love has grown so strong.
