A decorative double-ruled border surrounds the poem page. Decorations at each of the
four corners give the border a twig-tied
appearance. They feature crossed double-ruled bars tied together with string in an
X-shaped knot.
A Farewell.
I may not kiss away the tears that still1
Hang on the lids which those loved eyes enshrine :2
I may not weep away the tears that fill3
These aching eyes of mine.4
Sleep on, sad soul, shelter’d from love and pain !5
Or haply shelter love from pain, with thee,6
In thy sweet dreams. When we two meet again,7
’Tis but in dreams ’twill be.8