Love, we must part now

Love, we must part now: do not let it be 
Calamitous and bitter. In the past 
There has been too much moonlight and self-pity 
Let us have done with it for now at last 
Never has sun more boldly paced the sky,
Never were hearts more eager to be free,
To kick down worlds, lash forests, you and I 
No longer hold them; we are husks, that see 
The grain going forward to a different use.

There is regret   Always, there is regret 
But it is better that our lives unloose,
As two tall ships, wind-mastered, wet with light, 
Break from an estuary with their courses set,
And waving part, and waving drop from sight.