The Hill

Lyrics

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass You said, 'Through glory and ecstasy we pass; Wind, sun, and earth remain, the birds sing still When we are old, are old….' 'And when we die All's over that is ours; and life burns on Through other lovers, other lips,' said I 'Heart of my heart, our heaven is now, is won!' 'We are Earth's best, that learnt her lesson here Life is our cry. We have kept the faith!' we said; 'We shall go down with unreluctant tread Rose-crowned into the darkness!'…Proud we were And laughed, that had such brave true things to say —And then you suddenly cried, and turned away