  T he stars stand up in the air, The sun and the moon are set, The sea that ebbed dry of its tide Leaves no single pebble wet; The cuckoo keeps saying each hour That she, my Storeen, is fled,— O Girl of the brave, free tresses, Far better had you struck me dead! Three things have I learned through love, Sorrow, and death, and pain, My mind reminding me daily I never shall see you again; You left me no cure for my sickness, Yet I pray, though my night be long,— My sharp grief! and my heart is broken,— That God may forgive your wrong. Or the shining of grass through the dew, She was soft as the blackbird's flute When the light of the day is new; From her feet on the lone hill-top I have heard the honey dropping; Why, Girl, did you come to my door? Or why could you not be stopping? |
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