THE SAME CONTINUED <br />We vex each other with our presence, I <br />By my regrets and by my mocking face, <br />You by your laughter and mad gaiety, <br />And both by cruel thoughts of happier days. <br />Is then the world so narrow that we pace <br />These streets like prisoners still with eyes askance, <br />As bound together in the fell embrace <br />Of a dark chain which bars deliverance? <br />Nay, go your ways. I will not vex you more. <br />Make your own terms with life, while you are fair. <br />There is none better learned in woman's lore. <br />You yet may take revenge on grief and care, <br />And 'twas your nature ever to be gay, <br />Why should I scoff? Be merry while you may.<br /><br />Wilfrid Scawen Blunt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-love-sonnets-of-proteus-part-ii-to-juliet-xlii/
