Wonder in happy eyes <br />Fades, fades away: <br />And the angel-coloured skies <br />Whisper farewell. <br /> <br />Loveliness over the strings of the heart may stray <br />In fugitive melodies; <br />But Oh, the hand of the Master must not stay, <br />Even for a breath; <br /> <br />For to prolong one joy, or even to dwell <br />On one rich chord of pain, <br />Beyond the pulse of the song, would untune heaven <br />And drown the stars in death. <br /> <br />So youth with its love-note dies; <br />And beauty fades in the air, <br />To make the master-symphony immortal, <br />And find new life and deeper wonder there.<br /><br />Alfred Noyes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-symphony-3/
