NIGHTINGALES warbled without, <br />Within was weeping for thee: <br />Shadows of three dead men <br />Walk'd in the walks with me: <br />Shadows of three dead men, and thou wast one of the three. <br /> <br />Nightingales sang in the woods: <br />The Master was far away: <br />Nightingales warbled and sang <br />Of a passion that lasts but a day; <br />Still in the house in his coffin the Prince of courtesy lay. <br /> <br />Two dead men have I known <br />In courtesy like to thee: <br />Two dead men have I loved <br />With a love that ever will be: <br />Three dead men have I loved, and thou art last of the three.<br /><br />Alfred Lord Tennyson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-garden-at-swainston/
