On The Sands

ALL the air was tranced and the sea was stilled,

And we stood and dreamed of a world to be.

When it seemed to me that our souls were thrilled

With a sudden sympathy.

My life's long riddle at last I read,

And the spirit-face I had sought I knew;

All the Past's far years to this hour had led

On the sands alone with you!

And you — you thought that the skies were fair.

And such twilight peace you had seldom known;

And you never guessed that a soul was there

That hungered for your own!

You never knew — there was just the lack

Of a passioned look that would thrill me through,

But the night swept down, with its shroud of black,

And you never, never knew!