The Love Sonnets of Proteus, Vita Nova, LXXXIV: In Anniversario Mortis

If I can bring no tribute of fresh tears
To mingle with the dust which covers thee ;
If in this latest dawn of evil years
My rebel eyes withhold their sympathy ;
If of a truth my thoughts so barren be
Of their old griefs, so numb to tenderness
That they nor hear nor taste nor feel nor see
The sweetness of thy presence in this place ;
If I now drowse, — 'tis that the flesh is weak
More than the spirit. See, by thy dear bed
Once more I kneel in sorrow and in love.
See, I still watch by thee if thou shouldst move,
If thou shouldst raise thy hand or turn thy head,
Or speak my name. And yet thou dost not speak.