As If A Phantom Caress'd Me

As if a phantom caress'd me,

I thought I was not alone, walking here by the shore;

But the one I thought was with me, as now I walk by the shore—the

        one I loved, that caress'd me,

As I lean and look through the glimmering light—that one has utterly

        disappear'd,

And those appear that are hateful to me, and mock me.