“Between Us Now”
Between us now and here—Two thrown togetherWho are not wont to wearLife’s flushest feather—Who see the scenes slide past,The daytimes dimming fast,Let there be truth at last,Even if despair.
So thoroughly and longHave you now known me,So real in faith and strongHave I now shown me,That nothing needs disguiseFurther in any wise,Or asks or justifiesA guarded tongue.
Face unto face, then, say,Eyes mine own meeting,Is your heart far away,Or with mine beating?When false things are brought low,And swift things have grown slow,Feigning like froth shall go,Faith be for aye.
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