I sit by the hearthfire lonely,
The vacant armchair by,
And think of the sweet days only
When she who is gone was nigh.
The flame in the dying embers
Flickers with shadowy fall,
And the senseless wood remembers
And glows memorial.
You know what memory’s charm is,
Shining mahogany back I
For your stillness softly warm is
With the one thing that I lack.
And my heart from dying ashes
Suddenly flickers aflame
To the glory that abashes
And the hope without a name.
Vividly but for a moment
The air with her is sweet,
Across Time’s angry comment
Her eyes and my eyes meet.
Her old gaze shining tender,
That loving look, I see
Reproach me with soft splendour
That I should lonely be.
That sweet gaze spiritual
Fades on my deep desire,
Only a moment’s fuel
Kindles to my soul’s fire.
The wind without is weeping.
Of the churchyard it tells,
Where the daisies are creeping
And the mute earth mournful swells.
The wind in the pine is solemn,
Its great boughs sigh and groan,
The pine-tree like a column
Upon the hillside lone.
In a patter come the showers;
Mournfully beats the rain;
The landscape blurring, the flowers,
It streams on the window pane.
I sit by the hearthfire lonely,
Her vacant arm-chair by,
And think of the sweet days only
When she sat smiling by.
(Manmohan Ghose)
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