"In the firmament of loving

No stars set, no meteors fall."

Yet, nothing endures, nothing,

Naught but dust;

Naught but regret and vain desire

The twin monuments of life,

Reared by time, by wrecking

All that we seek and find.

Its relentless waves of years

Break even the impregnable wall of memory

That thought builds

On the embankment of hope.

Pass all away, even we who loved,

Dreamt as none dreamt before—

Borne by the tide of life—

But, lo! from our defeated destiny

Rise our seeds reared by time

Consecrated to love and living!

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