He
saddens, all the magic light
Dies off at once from bower and hall,
And all the place is dark, and all
The
chambers emptied of delight:
So
find I every pleasant spot
In which we two were wont to meet,
The field, the chamber and the street,
For
all is dark where thou art not.
Yet
as that other, wandering there
In those deserted walks, may find
A flower beat with rain and wind,
Which
once she foster’d up with care;
So
seems it in my deep regret,
O my forsaken heart, with thee
And this poor flower of poesy
Which
little cared for fades not yet.
But
since it pleased a vanish’d eye,
I go to plant it on his tomb,
That if it can it there may bloom,
Or
dying, there at least may die.