ALL the air was tranced and the sea was stilled,
And we stood and dreamed of a world to be.
When it seemed to me that our souls were thrilled
With a sudden sympathy.
My life’s long riddle at last I read,
And the spirit-face I had sought I knew;
All the Past’s far years to this hour had led
On the sands alone with you!
And you – you thought that the skies were fair.
And such twilight peace you had seldom known;
And you never guessed that a soul was there
That hungered for your own!
You never knew – there was just the lack
Of a passioned look that would thrill me through,
But the night swept down, with its shroud of black,
And you never, never knew!
(Arthur Henry Adams)
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