"Oh where are you going?  Stay with me here!
     Were the vows you swore me deceiving,
                                                           deceiving?
No, I promised to love you, dear,
      But I must be leaving."

~ W. H. Auden (Feb. 21, 1907 - Sept. 29, 1973) Anglo-American poet

POETRY REVIEW - Vol 85, Number 3.


Note:  Interpretations of these lines [taken out of context] vary.