I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade When Spring comes back with rustling shade I have a rendezvous with Death And apple-blossoms fill the air When Spring brings back blue days and fair It may be he shall take my hand And lead me into his dark land And close my eyes and quench my breath I have a rendezvous with Death It may be I shall pass him still On some scarred slope of battered hill I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring comes round again this year And the first meadow-flowers appear It may be he shall take my hand And lead me into his dark land And close my eyes and quench my breath I have a rendezvous with Death God knows 'twere better to be deep Where love throbs out in blissful sleep I have a rendezvous with Death Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath I have a rendezvous with Death So come on Death take my hand Lead me to your dark land And close my eyes and steal my breath Rendezvous with Death Rendezvous with Death I have a rendezvous with Death Pillowed in silk and scented down At midnight in some flaming town I have a rendezvous with Death When Spring trips north again this year Where hushed awakenings are dear So come on Death take my hand Lead me to your dark land And close my eyes and steal my breath Rendezvous with Death Rendezvous with Death Rendezvous with Death Rendezvous with Death Rendezvous with Death Rendezvous with Death And I to my pledged word am true I shall not fail I shall not fail that rendezvous