Goblin Market and Other Poems, Wife to Husband

WIFE TO HUSBAND.

Pardon the faults in me,
For the love of years ago:
Good bye.
I must drift across the sea,
I must sink into the snow,
I must die.

You can bask in this sun,
You can drink wine, and eat:
Good bye.
I must gird myself and run,
Though with unready feet:
I must die.

Blank sea to sail upon,
Cold bed to sleep in:
Good bye.
Whilst you clasp, I must be gone
For all your weeping:
I must die.

A kiss for one friend,
And a word for two,—
Good bye:—
A lock that you must send,
A kindness you must do:
I must die.

Not a word for you,
Not a lock or kiss,
Good bye.
We, one, must part in two;
Verily death is this:
I must die.

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