I Said To Love

I said to Love,"It is not now as in old

When men adored thee and thy ways      All else above;

Named thee the Boy, the Bright, the

Who spread a heaven beneath the sun,"      I said to Love.      I said to him,"We now know more of thee than then;

We were but weak in judgment when,      With hearts abrim,

We clamoured thee that thou would'st

Inflict on us thine agonies,"      I said to him.      I said to Love,"Thou art not young, thou art not fair,

No faery darts, no cherub air,      Nor swan, nor

Are thine; but features pitiless,

And iron daggers of distress,"      I said to Love.      "Depart then,

Love! . . .- Man's race shall end, dost threaten thou?

The age to come the man of now      Know nothing of? -We fear not such a threat from thee;

We are too old in apathy!

Mankind shall cease.—So let it be,"      I said to Love.