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<h2>EURYDICE.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> OH come, Eurydice! The Stygian deeps are past Well-nigh; the light dawns fast. Oh come, Eurydice! </div> <div class="stanza"> The gods have heard my song! My love's despairing cry Filled hell with melody,— And the gods heard my song. </div> <div class="stanza"> I knew no life but thee; Persephone was moved; She, too, hath lived, hath loved; She saw I lived for thee. </div> <div class="stanza"> I may not look on thee, Such was the gods' decree;— Till sun and earth we see No kiss, no smile for thee! </div> <div class="stanza"> The way is rough, is hard; I cannot hear thy feet Swift following; speak, my Sweet,— Is the way rough and hard? </div> <div class="stanza"> "Oh come, Eurydice!" I turn: "our woe is o'er, I will not lose thee more!" I cry: "Eurydice!" </div> <div class="stanza"> O father Hermes, help! I see her fade away Back from the dawning ray; Dear Father Hermes, help! </div> <div class="stanza"> One swift look,—all is lost! Wild heaven-arousing cries Pierce to the dull dead skies; My heaven, my all is lost! </div> <div class="stanza"> The unrelenting gods Refuse me. "No," say they, "Thy chance is thrown away." Fierce unrelenting gods! </div> <div class="stanza"> The sky is blue no more, The spring-tide airs are bleak, I find not her I seek, The earth is fair no more! </div> <div class="stanza"> I loathe all earth, all life! These Thracian women gaze And whispering, go their ways, Seeing I loathe my life. </div> <div class="stanza"> Only my song remains. I may not cease to sing, Though hot tears start and sting, The song that still remains, </div> <div class="stanza"> Even—"Come Eurydice!" The sea rolls on in pain, Echoing the note again: "Lost, lost Eurydice!" </div> <div class="stanza"> And still the sea moves on, The woods give back the thrill "Eurydice!" and still The quiet sea moves on. </div> <div class="stanza"> The years, Eurydice, The long unquiet years Heed not or sighs or tears, Oh Heart, Eurydice! </div> </div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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