A VALEDICTION

If we must part,

Then let it be like this;

Not heart on heart,

Nor with the useless anguish of a kiss;

But touch mine hand and say:

"_Until to-morrow or some other day,

If we must part._"

Words are so weak

When love hath been so strong:

Let silence speak:

"_Life is a little while, and love is long;

A time to sow and reap,

And after harvest a long time to sleep.

But words are weak._"

The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson, With a Memoir by Arthur Symons · 第 58 / 116 题