SHALL I leave you behind me When I play In earnest what we've played in mock to-day? Why, yes; most surely shall I Leave you behind In yet full orbit, when my years unwind. I may creep off in the night-time, And none know Till comes the morning, bringing news 'tis so. Will you then turn for a moment White or red, Recall those spells of ours; things done, things said? Aye, those adventurous doings And those days Of stress, when I'd the blame and you the praise? Still you will meet adventure -- None knows what -- Still you will go on changing: I shall not. Still take a call at the mummings Daily or nightly, Yielding to custom, calmly, gloomily, brightly. Last, you will flag, and finish Your masquings too: Yes: end them: I not there to succour you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SELF-INTERROGATION by EMILY JANE BRONTE TO DAISIES, NOT TO SHUT TOO SOON by ROBERT HERRICK PICCIOLA by ROBERT HENRY NEWELL OUR SOLDIERS' SANTIAGO SONG by DAVID GRAHAM ADEE THE PENDULUM by JURGIS BALTRUSHAITIS THE LAST NIGHT by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |