Poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Firelight

Ten years together without yet a cloud,
They seek each other's eyes at intervals
Of gratefulness to firelight and four walls
For love's obliteration of the crowd.
Serenely and perennially endowed
And bowered as few may be, their joy recalls
No snake, no sword; and over them there falls
The blessing of what neither says aloud.

Wiser for silence, they were not so glad
Were she to read the graven tale of lines
On the wan face of one somewhere alone;
Nor were they more content could he have had
Her thoughts a moment since of one who shines
Apart, and would be hers if he had known.

1. The Valley of the Shadow
2. Old King Cole
3. The Clinging Vine
4. London Bridge
5. Siege Perilous

Bessie Parkes Firelight ("'TIS dark, and I fancy")

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