Philip Joseph Holdsworth

“ Shall leave me Love till I fade and die,
And when hereafter our Souls re-kindle,
Who shall be fonder – You or I?
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“ Was it you that glimmered the night we strayed
A month ago by these scented streams?
Half-checked by the litter the musk-buds made?
Did you sleep or wake?
Ah, for Love's sweet sake
(Though the world should fail and the soft stars wane!) ”

“ The sweet, sad wraith of my vanished bliss.
Heart clings to Heart – let the strange years sever
The fates of two who had met to part;
Love's strength survives, and the harsh world never
Shall crush the passion of heart for heart ”