Dreamers and Other Poems

<p><SPAN name="THE_RETURN" id="THE_RETURN"></SPAN>THE RETURN</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">I lost Young Love so long ago</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">I had forgot him quite,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Until a little lass and lad</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Went by my door to-night.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Ah, hand in hand, but not alone,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">They passed my open door,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">For with them walked that other one</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Who paused here Mays before.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And I, who had forgotten long,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Knew suddenly the grace</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Of one who in an empty land</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Beholds a kinsman's face.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh, Young Love, gone these many years,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">'Twas you came back to-night,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And laid your hand on my two eyes</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">That they might see aright,</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And took my listless hand in yours</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">(Your hands without a stain),</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">And touched me on my tired heart</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">That it might beat again.</span><br/> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />