HE came to call me back from death
To the bright world above.
I hear him yet with trembling breath
Low calling, -O sweet love!
Come back! The earth is just as fair;
The flowers, the open skies are there;
Come back to life and love!â?
Oh! all my heart went out to him,
And the sweet air above.
With happy tears my eyes were dim;
I called him, -O sweet love!
I come, for thou art all to me.
Go forth, and I will follow thee,
Right back to life and love!â?
I followed through the cavern black;
I saw the blue above.
Some terror turned me to look back:
I heard him wail, -O love!
What hast thou done! What hast thou done!â?
And then I saw no more the sun,
And lost were life and love.
Eurydice
Francis William Bourdillon
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