I Will Not Let Thee Go

 I will not let thee go.

Ends all our month-long love in this?
Can it be summed up so,
Quit in a single kiss?
I will not let thee go.


I will not let thee go.

If thy words' breath could scare thy deeds,
As the soft south can blow
And toss the feathered seeds,
Then might I let thee go.


I will not let thee go.

Had not the great sun seen, I might;
Or were he reckoned slow
To bring the false to light,
Then might I let thee go.


I will not let thee go.

The stars that crowd the summer skies
Have watched us so below
With all their million eyes,
I dare not let thee go.


I will not let thee go.

Have we chid the changeful moon,
Now rising late, and now
Because she set too soon,
And shall I let thee go?

I will not let thee go.

Have not the young flowers been content,
Plucked ere their buds could blow,
To seal our sacrament?
I cannot let thee go.


I will not let thee go.

I hold thee by too many bands:
Thou sayest farewell, and lo!
I have thee by the hands,
And will not let thee go.

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