| George William (“A. E.”) Russell (1867–1935). Collected Poems by A.E. 1913. |
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| 115. The Vision of Love |
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| THE TWILIGHT fleeted away in pearl on the stream, | |
| And night, like a diamond done, stood still in our dream. | |
| Your eyes like burnished stones or as stars were bright | |
| With the sudden vision that made us one with the night. | |
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| We loved in infinite spaces, forgetting here | 5 |
| The breasts that were lit with life and the lips so near; | |
| Till the wizard willows waved in the wind and drew | |
| Me away from the fulness of love and down to you. | |
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| Our love was so vast that it filled the heavens up: | |
| But the soft white form I held was an empty cup, | 10 |
| When the willows called me back to earth with their sigh, | |
| And we moved as shades through the deep that was you and I. | |
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