If we must part, <br />Then let it be like this. <br />Not heart on heart, <br />Nor with the useless anguish of a kiss; <br />But touch mine hand and say: <br />'Until to-morrow or some other day, <br />If we must part'. <br /> <br />Words are so weak <br />When love hath been so strong; <br />Let silence speak: <br />'Life is a little while, and love is long; <br />A time to sow and reap, <br />And after harvest a long time to sleep, <br />But words are weak.'<br /><br />Ernest Christopher Dowson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-valediction-2/
