Dreamers and Other Poems

<p><SPAN name="THE_SILENT_ONE" id="THE_SILENT_ONE"></SPAN>THE SILENT ONE</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">The moon to-night is like the sun</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Through blossomed branches seen;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Come out with me, dear silent one,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">And trip it on the green.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">"Nay, Lad, go you within its light,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Nor stay to urge me so&mdash;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">'Twas on another moonlit night</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">My heart broke long ago."</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Oh loud and high the pipers play</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">To speed the dancers on;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Come out and be as glad as they,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Oh, little Silent one.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">"Nay, Lad, where all your mates are met</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Go you the selfsame way,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Another dance I would forget</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Wherein I too was gay."</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">But here you sit long day by day</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">With those whose joys are done;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">What mates these townfolk old and grey</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">For you dear Silent one.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">"Nay, Lad, they're done with joys and fears.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">Rare comrades should we prove,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">For they are very old with years</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 3em;">And I am old with love."</span><br/> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />