A Glimpse Of Time

By Robert Laurence Binyon

In the shadow of a broken house,

Down a deserted street,

Propt walls, cold hearths, and phantom stairs,

And the silence of dead feet —

Locked wildly in one another's arms

I saw two lovers meet.

And over that hearthless house aghast

Rose from the mind's abyss

Lost stars and ruined, peering moons,

Worlds overshadowing this, —

Time's stony palace crumbled down

Before that instant kiss.