When Lovers Part

WHEN LOVERS PART
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WHEN the lover from the loved one goes,
Some viewless watcher knows:
And a volce doth say,
“Oh stay, oh stay!
Love’s roses wither, drop away”

WHEN the loved one’s arms the lover leaves,
Some viewless watcher grieves:
Mayst hear him sigh
“Never good-by
But a rose doth in love’s garden die”
-JOHN VANCE CHENEY