Passion Flowers (Watson)/Consolation
"But life for me is just a lute,
With all the strings torn out."
With all the strings torn out."
Consolation.
I stand alone and silent look
My future in the face—
Alone, as though none other breathed
The world's great empty space.
My future in the face—
Alone, as though none other breathed
The world's great empty space.
I strain my ears for sound of hope,
In all this land of doubt;
But life for me is just a lute,
With all the strings torn out.
In all this land of doubt;
But life for me is just a lute,
With all the strings torn out.
Through black despair there only gleams
This one consoling thought,
Since Death hath sealed to-day thy heart,
No change can there be wrought.
This one consoling thought,
Since Death hath sealed to-day thy heart,
No change can there be wrought.
My kiss is on thy pallid lids,
And shut within their keep,
The vision of my deathless love,
To cheer thy lonely sleep.
And shut within their keep,
The vision of my deathless love,
To cheer thy lonely sleep.
I shudder, thinking evils might
Have thrust our lives apart;
Thou might'st have ceased to love, or Fate
Have hurled some poisoned dart.
Have thrust our lives apart;
Thou might'st have ceased to love, or Fate
Have hurled some poisoned dart.
And so, enwrapped within my grief,
This thought illumes the day;
Our love is safe, I calmly wait;
Thou'lt love me now for aye.
This thought illumes the day;
Our love is safe, I calmly wait;
Thou'lt love me now for aye.