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Rh And so our loves are lost, she sighed,

And far and wide we seek new treasure,

For who on Time or Timeless hills

Can live the ills of loveless leisure?

("Fairer than Usna's youngest son,

O, my poor one, what flower-bed holds you?

Or, wrecked upon the shores of home,

What wave of foam with white enfolds you?

"You rode with kings on hills of green,

And lovely queens have served you banquet,

Sweet wine from berries bruised they brought

And shyly sought the lips which drank it.

"But in your dim grave of the sea

There shall not be a friend to love you.

And ever heedless of your loss

The earth ships cross the storms above you.