28.10.2007, 13:50
A GARLAND FOR ADVANCING YEARS.
Wear thou this fresh green garland this one day,
This white-flowered garland wear for Love's delight,
While still the sun shines, ere the west so bright
Fades down into the shadows cold and grey j
Wear thou this myrtle-garland while ye may,
Love's wings are wings that hate the dews of night,
Nor will he rest for ever in our sight,
Companioning our gradual western way.
Wear this plain dark-green garland still to-day
To please Love's eyes, else not for all the might
Of all the gods, nor any law of right,
Will he content with age's disarray
Let pass him by the youthful and the gay :
And yet 'twere hard to live in Love's despite.
Wear thou this fresh green garland this one day,
This white-flowered garland wear for Love's delight,
While still the sun shines, ere the west so bright
Fades down into the shadows cold and grey j
Wear thou this myrtle-garland while ye may,
Love's wings are wings that hate the dews of night,
Nor will he rest for ever in our sight,
Companioning our gradual western way.
Wear this plain dark-green garland still to-day
To please Love's eyes, else not for all the might
Of all the gods, nor any law of right,
Will he content with age's disarray
Let pass him by the youthful and the gay :
And yet 'twere hard to live in Love's despite.