I. <br />We meet not as we parted, <br />We feel more than all may see; <br />My bosom is heavy-hearted, <br />And thine full of doubt for me:-- <br />One moment has bound the free. <br /> <br />II. <br />That moment is gone for ever, <br />Like lightning that flashed and died-- <br />Like a snowflake upon the river-- <br />Like a sunbeam upon the tide, <br />Which the dark shadows hide. <br /> <br />III. <br />That moment from time was singled <br />As the first of a life of pain; <br />The cup of its joy was mingled <br />—Delusion too sweet though vain! <br />Too sweet to be mine again. <br /> <br />IV. <br />Sweet lips, could my heart have hidden <br />That its life was crushed by you, <br />Ye would not have then forbidden <br />The death which a heart so true <br />Sought in your briny dew. <br /> <br />V. <br />... <br />... <br />... <br />Methinks too little cost <br />For a moment so found, so lost!<br /><br />Percy Bysshe Shelley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lines-we-meet-not-as-we-parted/
