Francis William Bourdillon

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Eurydice

HE came to call me back from death To the bright world above. I hear him yet with trembling breath Low calling, ?O sweet love! Come back! The earth is just as fair; The flowers, the open skies are there; Come back to life and love!? Oh! all my heart went out to him, And the sweet air above. With happy tears my eyes were dim; I called him, ?O sweet love! I come, for thou art all to me. Go forth, and I will follow thee, Right back to life and love!? I followed through the cavern black; I saw the blue above. Some terror turned me to look back: I heard him wail, ?O love! What hast thou done! What hast thou done!? And then I saw no more the sun, And lost were life and love.