Time has passed, since...

By Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Time has passed, since

Shadows trembled to watch

Twilight sweep the earth

For the phantoms to trip and mince.

A dark breeze the forest-heart stirs;

Yet merry the face of the sky —

Twinkling in joy

Its innumerable eyes, the stars.

Hushed the music within;

Pleasure's silver laugh, dead;

Thought lost in reverie —

Reverie receding into nothing.

The taper of dreams flickers

Out, leaving the soul in dusk

By the altar of love,

Flower-laden as the night with stars.