In those sad words I took farewell:
⁠Like echoes in sepulchral halls,
⁠As drop by drop the water falls
In vaults and catacombs, they fell;

And, falling, idly broke the peace
⁠Of hearts that beat from day to day,
⁠Half-conscious of their dying clay,
And those cold crypts where they shall cease.

The high Muse answer'd: ‘Wherefore grieve
⁠Thy brethren with a fruitless tear?
⁠Abide a little longer here,
And thou shalt take a nobler leave.'