Once I smiled when I saw you, when I saw you smile I was glad, And the joy of my heart was as foam that the sea-wind shakes from the sea; But the smile of your eyes grows strange, and the smile that my lips have had Trembles back to my heart, and my heart trembles in me. Once you laughed when you met me, when you met me your voice was gay As the voice of a bird in the dawn of the day on a sunshiny tree; But the sound of your voice grows strange, and the words that you do not say Thrill from your heart to mine, and my heart trembles in me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISMAL MOMENT PASSING by CLARENCE MAJOR THE DAY-DREAM: MORAL by ALFRED TENNYSON SUNDAY UP THE RIVER: 15 by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) THE WOUND-DRESSER by WALT WHITMAN UNION SONG by ERNST MORITZ ARNDT |