“Do you remember when settled were we
Like dust on the shores of antiquity?
Scarcely did we e’er think to be disturbed,
Since love’s blindness is not easily curbed.
Ah, back then, so close to the beginning,
I still believed in a happy ending.
That was before the winds swept o’er us cold,
And death rearing its head we did behold.
Your head now is hoary, your limbs now frail,
But at least your faculties still avail.
I’ve watched you in your sickness and in your health,
I’ve remained through your poverty and wealth.
Our vows were fulfilled, though you cannot see,
That I was in the best and worst with thee.
Decades I’ve wandered in this anguished glade,
Hidden from thy sight and touch, my once maid.
Caressing you, oh if I could but cry!,
My ethereal hands can’t make you sigh.
Thou beast that destroyed our innocent bliss
And deny me forever of her kiss!
Oh, thou Death that didst too quickly us part
And garnered the wrath of my fractured heart!”