Victor James William Patrick Daley

“ Our love in Lethe ere less
Grow its flame with thee or me.
When Time with his evil eye
The beautiful Love has slain,
There is nought to gain or keep
Thereafter, and all is vain.
Should we wait to see Love die? ”

“ We have reaped; 'tis time to rest.
Why should we wake but to weep?
Sleep and forgetting is best —
These are the flowers of sleep.
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