Time found our tired love sleeping,  
  And kissed away his breath;  
  But what should we do weeping,  
  Though light love sleep to death?  
  We have drained his lips at leisure,  
  Till there's not left to drain  
  A single sob of pleasure,  
  A single pulse of pain.
"Rococo", lines 17-24. - Poems and Ballads (1866-89)























