Classic Poem

There shall be a song for both of us that day,
Though fools say you have long outlived your songs,
And when perhaps because your hair is grey
You go unsung, to whom all praise belongs,
And no men kiss your hands, your fragile hands
Folded like empty shells on lonely sands.
And you that were dawn whereat men shouted once,
Are sunset now, with but one worshipper.
Then to your twilight heart this song shall be
Sweeter than those that did your youth announce,
For your brave, beautiful spirit is lovelier
Than once your lovely body was to me.
Your folded hands and your shut eyelids stir
A passion that Time has crowned with sanctity.
Young fools shall wonder why, your youth being over,
You are so sung still, but your heart will know
That he who loved your soul was your true lover,
And the last song alone was worthy you.