The Vow Forsworn.
Unweariedly he watches for the sign, The sign I promised from the farthest goal, My lover of a world no longer mine, My human lover with his human soul. Unweariedly he waits from day to day, Nor knows, as I know now, that when we meet, 'Twill be as dewdrop on the hawthorn spray,-- The ultimate of God at last complete. He still remembers that my eyes were blue, Still dreams the autumn russet of my hair; "In God's own time," he said, "I'll come to you; You will be waiting; I will find you there!" But now I know that he must never hear The message that I promised to impart, For should I breathe the secret in his ear His soul would hearken--but 'twould break his heart!
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