In the shadow of a broken house,
Down a deserted street,
Propt walls, cold hearths, and phantom stairs,
And the silence of dead feet —
Locked wildly in one another's arms
I saw two lovers meet.
And over that hearthless house aghast
Rose from the mind's abyss
Lost stars and ruined, peering moons,
Worlds overshadowing this, —
Time's stony palace crumbled down
Before that instant kiss.
More verses by Robert Laurence Binyon
- Now That I Have Won
- O Sorrowful Thought! But One More Flying Year
- O Sorrowful Thought! But One More Flying Year,
- The Shrines Of Old Are Broken Down
- The Sun Goes Down, On Other Lands To Shine