There, over there Has gone, goes and will go The copper sun Tarnishes with the year's tears The golden golden copper sun Old eldest dead Over the blue milky seasky Loss and lost and losing Do not wept All this is passing All the birds wing and fall Through the heavens The cloudy clouds Of snow of dew and of smoke A shuddering reflection Vanishing with the dropped stone Oh, I wait under the spaces Under the molten starrain The flashing falling planets Do not wept All this is passing So high I could come So far I shall fall Daedalus broken Daedalus falling By the toothstones His shapes bends And makes s smiling bow He careers and spiral down Falls He waves words of farewell " Oh, do not weep All of this passing To fail is human To fall is human To hope is human Do not weep As the sound disappears As the rain falls As the sky parts As my tears fall Do not weep I shall wait for you" Daedalus broken Daedalus falling Do not wept All this is passing... ____________________________ by Dickinson