| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 132. A Farewell |
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| ONLY in my deep heart I love you, sweetest heart. | |
| Many another vesture hath the soul, I pray | |
| Call me not forth from this. If from the light I part | |
| Only with clay I cling unto the clay. | |
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| And ah! my bright companion, you and I must go | 5 |
| Our ways, unfolding lonely glories, not out own, | |
| Nor from each other gathered, but an inward glow | |
| Breathed by the Lone One on the seeker lone. | |
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| If for the heart’s own sake we break the heart, we may | |
| When the last ruby drop dissolves in diamond light | 10 |
| Meet in a deeper vesture in another day. | |
| Until that dawn, dear heart, good-night, good-night. | |
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