John Taylor Brown

Thy words with some strange other interchanged
Strike cold across us, like loved eyes estranged
With things that are not fraught, our things that are
         FLde like a sunstruck star.

And .-hou, tco weak and agonised to lift
The calp to cuench thy dying thirst, or shift
Thy pdLlow, now without our help must rise,
         Nor wait our ministries.

Thou, loved and cherished, must go forth alone,
None sees thee fondly to the door, not one;
No head is t-irned to see thee go: we stay
         Where thou art not, and pray.

No palpel bass thy white resistless feet,
Our G;alls ar- mist to thee; out in the street
It wvaits, it waits for thee, for thee alone,
        Arise, let us begone.

Alone. alone upon thine awful way!
Do an- show thee kindness Any stay
Thy he2art Or does the silent Charioteer
        Whisper, " Be of good cheer" 

We know lot, none may follow thee afar,
None hear ihe sound of thy departing car.
Only 7'ast silence, like a strong, black sea,
        Rolls in 'twixt us and thee.
                        Fromn an ol1 "'Spectator."





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