it may not always be so; and i say br that if your lips, which i have loved, should touch br another's, and your dear strong fingers clutch br his heart, as mine in time not far away; br if on another's face your sweet hair lay br in such a silence as i know, or such br great writhing words as, uttering overmuch, br stand helplessly before the spirit at bay; br br if this should be, i say if this should be -- br you of my heart, send me a little word; br that i may go unto him, and take his hands, br saying, Accept all happiness from me. br Then shall i turn my face, and hear one bird br sing terribly afar in the lost lands.