I saw you last night ... And the same old pain Crowded up in my throat again -- The same old longing I used to know. No matter the years may come and may go, I still can see how very bright You looked upon another night; And O, the desolate, empty years The silence knows and my heart's tears! I saw you last night, Smiling and gay... Time, my dear, hasn't changed the way You look out smiling and unafraid... Is the ache still there I unwittingly made? You climbed alone to a place in the sun And I am glad, so glad you won, Though nothing will ever still the ache Or throb of joy your smile can make. I saw you last night... And you went your way. It doesn't matter the things I say Or that I babble and won't forget -- I saw you again, and was glad we met! No, you have not forgotten the song I sang to you in days long gone, For you, too, know of desolate years And silence... and a heart's hot tears! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HEMP (A VIRGINIA LEGEND) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TO TWO UNKNOWN LADIES by AMY LOWELL SONGS AND THE POET (FOR SARA TEASDALE) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THYESTES, ACT 2: CHORUS by LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA |