Oh, come again to Astolat!
I will not ask you to be kind.
And you may go when you will go,
And I will stay behind.
I will not say how dear you are,
Or ask you if you hold me dear,
Or trouble you with things for you
The way I did last year.
So still the orchard, Lancelot,
So very still the lake shall be,
You could not guess-though you should guess-
What is become of me.
So wide shall be the garden-walk,
The garden-seat so very wide,
You needs must think-if you should think-
The lily maid had died.
Save that, a little way away,
I'd watch you for a little while,
To see you speak, the way you speak,
And smile,-if you should smile.
Elaine
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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