AFTER LOVE/ALCHEMY
Words by Sara Teasdale, Music by James E. Nelson

AFTER LOVE: 
There is no magic any more,
We meet as other people do.
You work no miracle for me
Nor I for you.

You were the wind and I the sea --
There is no splendor any more,
I have grown listless as the pool
Beside the shore.

But tho' the pool is safe from storm
And from the tide has found surcease.
It grows more bitter than the sea,
For all its peace. 

ALCHEMY:

I lift my heart as Spring lifts up
A yellow daisy to the rain.
My heart will be a lovely cup
Altho' it holds but pain.
For I shall learn from flower and leaf
That color every drop they hold,
To change the lifeless wine of grief
To living gold.