In the shadow of a broken house,
Down a deserted street,
Propt walls, cold hearths, and phantom stairs,
And the silence of dead feet –
Locked wildly in one another’s arms
I saw two lovers meet.
And over that hearthless house aghast
Rose from the mind’s abyss
Lost stars and ruined, peering moons,
Worlds overshadowing this, –
Time’s stony palace crumbled down
Before that instant kiss.
(Laurence Binyon)
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