Poems, Series 3: VIII. To lose thee, sweeter than to gain
VIII. To lose thee, sweeter than to gain
TO lose thee, sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew.
'T is true the drought is destitute,
But then I had the dew!
The Caspian has its realms of sand,
Its other realm of sea;
Without the sterile perquisite
No Caspian could be.