Sunday, 22 September 2024

To John.

My dearest friend where are you roaming now?
Among what starry reaches can I find
My happiest, noblest, companion; how
Are you my brave? Now all good things remind
My suffering heart of your absence.
The finest, most joyous, pleasant being,
All lights ignited around whose presence,
Which warmed as it gave the sense of seeing.
Hear me! my friend, do not in silence shy
Your overwhelmingly beautiful face
From beaming on mine anymore or fly
Away from my welcome, send a trace
Towards this direction a little, speak!
O speak and tell me your news, also stay
To hear of what has passed with me lately,
Or better, for my spirit passing pray
Ensuring together that we may be,
Not for a short time but for lengths of time
As before, and make a passage to joy,
Which I invoke by struggled lag of rhyme,
Let us laugh again, my most precious boy.

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