We never say, 'Good Night;' <br />For our eager lips are fleeter <br />Than the tongue, and a kiss is sweeter <br />Than parting words, <br />That out like swords; <br />So we always kiss Good Night. <br /> <br />We never say 'Good Night.' <br />Words are precious, love, why lose 'em? <br />Fold them up in your maiden bosom; <br />There let them rest, <br />Like love unconfessed, <br />While we kiss a sweet Good Night. <br /> <br />There comes a last Good Night. <br />Human life-not love-is fleeting; <br />Heaven send many a birth-day greeting; <br />Dim years roll on <br />To life's gray-haired dawn, <br />Ere we kiss our last Good Night. <br /> <br />--- <br /> <br />We've kissed our last Good Night! <br />Love's warm tendrils torn and bleeding, <br />Vain all human interceding! <br />Oh, life! how dark! <br />Its one vital spark <br />Was quenched with our last GOOD NIGHT!<br /><br />Charles Sangster<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-night-68/
