SPENT. 

 Heart of iron, smile of ice, Oh! the rock. See him stand as dumb as death. If you could, Would you care to stir or shock Him, think you, by a blow or breath, From his mood? 

Oh! the rock.

If you could,

From his mood?

 Arms of velvet, lips of love, Oh! the wave. See her creeping to his feet Trustfully. None shall know the sign he gave. Death since then, were all too sweet. Let her die. 

Oh! the wave.

Trustfully.

Let her die.

 Lift thine eyes upon the sea, Soul of stone. Rather (wouldst thou breathe or move?) I would be A warm wave, faithful, wasted, thrown, Spent and rent and dead with love, Than be thee. 

Soul of stone.

I would be

Than be thee.

 

 

 PARTED. 

 Oh, never a word he answered, And never a word spake she! They turned their faces each from each, And looked upon the sea. 

And never a word spake she!

And looked upon the sea.

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