“THE EAGER SUN COMES GLADLY FROM THE SEA.”
Reading edition
The eager sun comes gladly from the sea; Remembering that one short year ago He rose from unknown worlds of light below Those same far waves, to shine on you and me Standing together on the shore;—but we Are strangely far apart to-day; and so The saddened sun with lingering step and slow Climbs the horizon, wondering not to see Your face beside mine; nor can understand As we do, dear, that you and I to-day,— Though million miles of ocean or of land And centuries of time between us lay,— Are nearer to each other than when hand Touched hand, before we gave our hearts away!
