Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon

A Glimpse of Time

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. 

1. One Year Old
2. Now That I Have Won
3. As in the Dusty Lane to Fern or Flower
4. O World, Be Nobler
5. The Way Home

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