A LITTLE WHILE I FAIN WOULD LINGER YET A little while (my life is almost set!) I fain would pause along the downward way. Musing an hour in this sad sunset-ray, While, Sweet! our eyes with tender tears are wet; A little hour I fain would linger yet. A little while I fain would linger yet, All for love's sake, for love that cannot tire; Though fervid youth be dead, with youth's desire, And hope has faded to a vague regret, 10 |