Winter Song + 

They were parted then at last? + 

Was it duty, or force, or fate? + 

Or did a worldly blast + 

Blow-to the meeting-gate? + 

An old, short story is this! + 

A glance, a trembling, a sigh, + 

A gaze in the eyes, a kiss⁠— + 

Why will it not go by! + 