Augustus Dana's Wife
The Pacific Monthly — Volume 1
Sometimes across the written page,Whereon the ink is wet,A message flashes, and I knowThat love cannot forget.
II.
Sometimes in silence of the nightDear eyes respond to mine,And all the darkness slips away,And — I am only thine.
III.
Nor time nor space nor circumstanceCan faithful hearts divide —Though half the world should lie between"Love's ever at love's side."