Deep within my heart of hearts,dear,Bound with all its strings,Two Loves are together reigning Both are crowned like Kings;While my life,still uncomplaining,Rests beneath their wings.
So they both will rule my heart,dear,Till it cease to beat;No sway can be deeper,stronger,Truer,more complete;Growing,as it lasts the longer,Sweeter,and more sweet.
One all life and time transfigures,Piercing through and through Meaner things with magic splendour,Old,yet ever new:
This,--so strong and yet so tender,-
Is ...my Love for you.
Should it fail,--forgive my doubting In this world of pain,-Yet my other Love would ever Steadfastly remain;And I know that I could never Turn to that in vain.
Though its radiance may be fainter,Yet its task is wide;For it lives to comfort sorrows,Strengthen,calm,and guide,And from Trust and Honour borrows All its peace and pride.
Will you blame my dreaming even If the first were flown?
Ah,I would not live without it,It is all your own:
And the other--can you doubt it?-
Yours,and yours alone.
