Song lyrics Go no more a roving by Leonard Cohen

[Dedicated to Irving Layton]

So weŽll go no more a-roving
So late into the night,
Though the heart be still as loving,
And the moon be still as bright.
For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul outwears the breast,
And the heart must pause to breathe,
And love itself have rest.
Though the night was made for loving,
And the day returns too soon,
Yet weŽll go no more a-roving
By the light of the moon.