YOU sang that song beside an olden sea, In some low dream, some hundred years ago; The time, the place is all unknown to me -- It is the feeling in my heart I know. We were two Grecians then, I do believe, And caught a dream some fair god's passion sighed; Time wandered far, and left our hearts to grieve -- But somewhere Love lived on, though all else died. Dear, as you sing, it all comes back to me; The mood, though filled with centuries of strife Is the same ecstasy; only the sea Seems grown a little weary of its life. No change has come unto your voice and heart, No shadow on your face; and in your eyes -- Though Time has kept them from my eyes apart -- The rapture of sea-dreams and memories. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IRISH MOTHER'S LAMENT by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER LINES FOR THE HOUR by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG SEVERUS TO TIBERIUS GREATLY ENNUYE by JOSEPH AUSLANDER EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 29. ALL NOT WORTH A REWARD by PHILIP AYRES THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON AND THEIR WAYS; A MEMORY OF THE JACOBEAN CRAZE by FRANK GELETT BURGESS PERSUASIONS TO JOY: A SONG by THOMAS CAREW THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN |