I will not let thee go. br Ends all our month-long love in this? br Can it be summed up so, br Quit in a single kiss? br I will not let thee go. br br I will not let thee go. br If thy words' breath could scare thy deeds, br As the soft south can blow br And toss the feathered seeds, br Then might I let thee go. br br I will not let thee go. br Had not the great sun seen, I might; br Or were he reckoned slow br To bring the false to light, br Then might I let thee go. br br I will not let thee go. br The stars that crowd the summer skies br Have watched us so below br With all their million eyes, br I dare not let thee go. br br I will not let thee go. br Have we chid the changeful moon, br Now rising late, and now br Because she set too soon, br And shall I let thee go? br br I will not let thee go. br Have not the young flowers been content, br Plucked ere their buds could blow, br To seal our sacrament? br I cannot let thee go. br br I will not let thee go. br I hold thee by too many bands: br Thou sayest farewell, and lo! br I have thee by the hands, br And will not let thee go.