For the immortal moment of a passionate dance, Surely our two souls rushed together and were one, Once, in the beat of our winged feet in unison, When, in the brief and flaming ardour of your glance, The world withered away, vanishing into smoke; The world narrowed about us, and we heard the beat As of the rushing winds encompassing our feet; In the blind heart of the winds, eternal silence woke, And, cast adrift on our unchainable ecstasy, Once, and once only, heart to heart and soul to soul, For an immortal moment we endured the whole Rapture of intolerable immortality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADRIGAL by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN THE ROAD TO FRANCE by DANIEL MACINTYRE HENDERSON BUCOLIC COMEDY: AUBADE by EDITH SITWELL ON THE ENGINE BY NIGHT by ALEXANDER ANDERSON A CLEAR NIGHT by KARLE WILSON BAKER CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 1. TRUE AND CHASTE LOVE by WILLIAM BASSE |