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that time forth I would not see her more; But many weary moons I lived alone— Alone, and in the heart of the great forest. Sometimes upon the hills beside the sea All day I watch'd the floating isles of shade, And sometimes on the shore, upon the sands Insensibly I drew her name, until The meaning of the letters shot into My brain; anon the wanton billow wash'd Them over, till they faded like my love. The hollow caverns heard me—the black brooks Of the midforest heard me—the soft winds, Laden with thistledown and seeds of flowers,