“they parted— ne’er to meet again!
but never either found another
to free the hollow heart from paining—
they stood aloof, the scars remaining,
like cliffs which had been rent asunder;
a dreary sea now flows between.
but neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder,
shall wholly do away, i ween,
the marks of that which once hath been.”
christabel, samuel taylor coleridge
(via soverypretty)
“they parted— ne’er to meet again! but never either found another to free the hollow heart from paining— they stood...