some other bronze-cheeked boy.
You come to me, all silent, in the gloaming,
A shadow form, with curly shadow hair--
And, dear, I somehow feel that you are roaming
Between two shadow worlds--the Here and There.

They ask me, do those others, why I wander
Down dewy lanes, alone, at eventide--
They do not know my heart's a shadow--yonder...
They do not know that part of me has died.
They do not know that your dear presence stands
Just out of reach with misty, wide-flung hands!

L'ENVOI

Only we two, dear... and the candlelight,
Seems to be softer than it was before,
Country and city, vivid dream lands, war--
Dear, they are very far from us to-night!

Woven of promise from life's golden loom,
Pale threads of light have bound us heart to heart;
Laughter and sorrow--they are things apart--
ALL OF OUR WORLD IS IN THIS LITTLE ROOM.

Outside the branches sway, and winter weather
Sweeps, with a cry of triumph, through the land
Dear, it is springtime, when you touch my hand--
Only we two, and magic, here together!

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