At the End of the World

To the world’s end, to the world’s end,
Did I wander seeking you,
And wide was the water and dark was the fell,
With Time at my heels like a hound of hell,
And the worst still left to do.

To the world’s end, to the world’s end,
And the void to verify.
They told me of a tale of love supreme.
“Sometimes,” I cried, “I have caught the gleam,
I shall seek it tho’ I die.”

At the world’s end, at the world’s end,
At the end of the endless mile,
Nothing to see but the silent snow--
I turned with my tears to your heart, and lo!
Love was with me all the while!