When We Two Parted
When we two parted, the dawn was gray,
No bird sang softly to ease the day—
Only the hush where tears might fall,
And love, too frail, forgot it all.
Your eyes were oceans gone to sleep,
Their tides withdrew, their silence deep;
I watched them fade, I could not stay—
The heart breaks quietly that way.
The rose I held has turned to dust,
Its petals whisper what I must:
That even stars, when love is through,
Burn out remembering the hue.
Now every dusk recalls your face,
Each twilight bears your faintest trace—
I reach, but find the empty air,
And know your soul is nowhere there.
When we two parted, time stood still,
The moon looked down, the world was ill—
And though my lips no more implore,
I shall be lonely evermore.
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