I was not he — the man...

I was not he — the man

Who used to pilgrim to your gate,

At whose smart step you grew elate,

And rosed, as maidens can,

For a brief span.

It was not I who sang

Beside the keys you touched so true

With note-bent eyes, as if with you

It counted not whence sprang

The voice that rang...

Yet though my destiny

It was to miss your early sweet,

You still, when turned to you my feet,

Had sweet enough to be

A prize for me!