WHEN SHALL WE THREE MEET AGAIN?

When shall we three meet again?
When shall we three meet again?
Oft shall glowing hope expire,
Oft shall wearied love retire,
Oft hall death and sorrow reign,
Ere we three shall meet again.

Though in distant lands we sigh,
Parched beneath a hostile sky;
Though the deep between us rolls,
Friendship shall unite our souls.

Still in Fancy’s rich domain
Oft shall we three meet again.

When the dreams of life are fled,
When the waste lamps are dead;
When in cold oblivion’s shade
Beauty, power, and fame are laid;
Where immortal spirits reign
There shall we three meet again.


John Keats