ONCE

Once we met, and then there came

Like a Pentecostal flame,

A word;

And I said not,

Only thought,

She heard!

All I never say but sing,

Worshipping;

Wrapt in the hidden tongue

Of an ambiguous song.

How we met what need to say?

When or where,

Years ago or yesterday,

Here or there.

All the song is — once we met,

She and I;

Once, but never to forget,

Till we die.

All the song is that we meet

Never now —

‘ Hast thou yet forgotten, sweet?’

‘ Love, hast thou?’