first love br this lonely school corridor br still as lonely, cold br br Inspired by: br br Her Voice br br THE wild bee reels from bough to bough br With his furry coat and his gauzy wing. br Now in a lily-cup, and now br Setting a jacinth bell a-swing, br In his wandering; br Sit closer love: it was here I trow br I made that vow, br Swore that two lives should be like one br As long as the sea-gull loved the sea, br As long as the sunflower sought the sun, - br It shall be, I said, for eternity br 'Twixt you and me! br Dear friend, those times are over and done, br Love's web is spun. br Look upward where the poplar trees br Sway and sway in the summer air, br Here in the valley never a breeze br Scatters the thistledown, but there br Great winds blow fair br From the mighty murmuring mystical seas, br And the wave-lashed leas. br Look upward where the white gull screams, br What does it see that we do not see? br Is that a star? or the lamp that gleams br On some outward voyaging argosy, - br Ah! can it be br We have lived our lives in a land of dreams! br How sad it seems. br Sweet, there is nothing left to say br But this, that love is never lost, br Keen winter stabs the breasts of May br Whose crimson roses burst his frost, br Ships tempest-tossed br Will find a harbour in some bay, br And so we may. br And there is nothing left to do br But to kiss once again, and part, br Nay, there is nothing we should rue, br I have my beauty, -you your Art, br Nay, do not start, br One world was not enough for two br Like me and you.