From Sonnets from the Portuguese V11 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

The face of all the world is changed I think
Since first I heard the footsteps of thy soul
Move still"oh still" beside me as they stole
Betwixt me and the dreadful outer brink
Of obvious death,where I who thought to sink
Was caught up into love&taught the whole
Of life in a new rhythm ,The cup of dole
God gave for baptism,I am fain to drink
And praise its sweetness,sweet with thee anear!-
The names of country,Heaven,are changed away
For where thou art or shalt be,there or here=
And this...this lute and song... loved yesterday.
(The singing angels know!)...are only dear,
Because thy name moves right in what they say.

A Lament by PB.Shelley.

O World! O Life! O Time!
On whose last steps I climb,
Trembling at that where I
had stood before:
When will return the glory of
your prime?
No more--O never more!

Out of the day and night
A joy has taken flight:
Fresh spring,and summer,
and winter hoar
Move my faint heart with grief,
but with delight
No more-O never more!

I would like to acknowledge Gerry Te Kapa Coates (Ngai Tahu) poetry and writings. Born in Oamaru.Waihao is his home turf.but has lived in Wellington almost all of his working life.

The Knowledge.

You
gave me
best of all
the knowledge that
pleasing me also
pleased you
thanks