The Golden Darkness/There Was a Time
THERE WAS A TIME.
There was a time when I was shy and lonely,
And stood in strange bewilderment apart,
And no one spoke to me, and silence only
Would fold my songs into her tender heart.
And stood in strange bewilderment apart,
And no one spoke to me, and silence only
Would fold my songs into her tender heart.
There was a time when only windy darkness
Would fan my dreams with glamoured loveliness,
But you have come,—and nights are filled with starkness
And I am lonely for my loneliness.
Would fan my dreams with glamoured loveliness,
But you have come,—and nights are filled with starkness
And I am lonely for my loneliness.
Oh, you have come,—and silence is a stranger,
And darkness keeps aloof from my distress,
And you—O you are all too fraught with danger,
And I am lonely for my loneliness!
And darkness keeps aloof from my distress,
And you—O you are all too fraught with danger,
And I am lonely for my loneliness!