I Look Into My Glass

    I LOOK into my glass,

      And view my wasting skin,

    And say, "Would God it came to pass

      My heart had shrunk as thin!"

    For then, I, undistrest

      By hearts grown cold to me,

    Could lonely wait my endless rest

      With equanimity.

    But Time, to make me grieve,

      Part steals, lets part abide;

    And shakes this fragile frame at eve

      With throbbings of noontide.