Ready to Depart by William Morris — Read

I SAID of my friend new-found that at first he saw not my lair; / Yet he and I and my wife were together here and there; / And at last as my work increased and my den to a dwelling grew, / He came there often enough, and yet more together we drew.

Then came a change in the man; for a month he kept away, / Then came again and was with us for a fortnight every day, / But often he sat there silent, which was little his wont with us.