I need not go <br />Through sleet and snow <br />To where I know <br />She waits for me; <br />She will wait me there <br />Till I find it fair, <br />And have time to spare <br />From company. <br /> <br />When I've overgot <br />The world somewhat, <br />When things cost not <br />Such stress and strain, <br />Is soon enough <br />By cypress sough <br />To tell my Love <br />I am come again. <br /> <br />And if some day, <br />When none cries nay, <br />I still delay <br />To seek her side, <br />(Though ample measure <br />Of fitting leisure <br />Await my pleasure) <br />She will not chide. <br /> <br />What--not upbraid me <br />That I delayed me, <br />Nor ask what stayed me <br />So long? Ah, no! - <br />New cares may claim me, <br />New loves inflame me, <br />She will not blame me, <br />But suffer it so.<br /><br />Thomas Hardy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-need-not-go/
