Farewell, Alas

Farewell, alas, our ways now part At the forking of the road You leave me now with willing heart And I must carry still the load Farewell, alas, bravely once here You walked in sun and dew And never did I see a tear To make this choice, so well thought through. Farewell, alas, I love you more now Than when my company you keep But coming to hills bright brow You spoke of promises to keep. Farewell, alas, what courage gleams And you insistent to know beyond the mist While I raging defer with screams The myth that something else be ever better than this. Farewell, alas, I miss you on the sunless shore At the forking road you left my side And I walk on alone, alone the poor And empty world your parting must abide.