Classic Poem

I said " All's over " — & I made my
Thenceforward to keep silence &
From any hope or enterprise aga
But as one certain day the sap
Sun warmed & solaced in its f
So something stirred in me th
And all my hardness broke [illegible fragment]
And hope once more tended [illegible fragment]

I said good bye in hope:
But now we meet again
I have no hope at all
Of anything but pain,
Our parting & our meeting
Alike in vain.

Hope on thro' all your life
Until the end, dear Friend.
Live thro' your noble life
Where joy & promise blend:
I too will live my life
Until the end.

Long may your vine entwine,
Long may your figtree spread
Their paradise of shade
Above your cherished head:
My shelter was a gourd,
And it is dead.

Yet when out of a grave
We are gathered home at last,
Then may we own life spilt
No good worth holding fast: —
Death had its bitterness
But it is past.