<h2><SPAN name="page137"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>BOUND AND FREE</h2>
<p class="poetry">Come to me, Love! Come on the wings of
the wind!<br/>
Fly as the ring-dove would fly to his mate!<br/>
Leave all your cares and your sorrows behind!<br/>
Leave all the fears of your future to Fate!<br/>
Come! and our skies shall be glad with the gold<br/>
That paled into gray when you parted from me.<br/>
Come! but remember that, just as of old,<br/>
You must be bound, Love, and I must be free.</p>
<p class="poetry">Life has lost savour since you and I parted;<br/>
I have been lonely, and you have been sad.<br/>
Youth is too brief to be sorrowful-hearted—<br/>
Come! and again let us laugh and be glad.<br/>
Lips should not sigh that are fashioned to kiss—<br/>
Breasts should not ache that joy’s secrets
have found.<br/>
Come! but remember, in spite of all this,<br/>
I must be free, Love, while you must be bound.</p>
<p class="poetry"><SPAN name="page138"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p.
138</span>You must be bound to be true while you live,<br/>
And I keep my freedom for ever, as now.<br/>
You must ask only for that which I give—<br/>
Kisses and love-words, but never a vow.<br/>
Come! I am lonely, and long for your smile,<br/>
Bring back the lost lovely Summer to me!<br/>
Come! but remember, remember the while,<br/>
That you must be bound, Love, and I must be
free.</p>
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