The Voice

    Woman much missed， how you call to me， call to me，

    Saying that now you are not as you were

    When you had changed from the one who was all to me，

    But as at first， when our day was fair.

    Can it be you that I hear？  Let me view you， then，

    Standing² as when I drew near to the town

    Where you would wait for me： yes， as I knew you then，

    Even to the original air-blue gown！

    Or is it only the breeze in its listlessness

    Travelling across the wet mead³ to me here，

    You being ever dissolved to wan⁴ wistlessness，

    Heard no more again far or near？

    Thus I； faltering⁵ forward，

    Leaves around me falling，

    Wind oozing⁶ thin through the thorn from norward，

    And the woman calling.