Leave me, leave me,
Like a season,
Only to return again!
Leave me dry as a river
Which just ran dry,
And rain on it — me!
Leave me or let me go,
Now as any simile
That ends in a circle!
……………………………
Stop there, stop there!
Go no further!
Don’t be long or late!
……………………………
If you don’t come back
I’m afraid there
Will be no homecoming,
And a perfect ring
Will be broken,
As any perfect broken ring,
Any unrepeatable season,
Any ever-dried river,
Or any ceaseless comma,
