1.

You told me that we must part,

and my eyes were dry;

but I quietly cried inside

when we said goodbye.

2.

Now that I stand alone,

(and I fear it's weak,)

I shamelessly clear the tear

from my scalded cheek.

3.

Finding we meet no more,

I have felt the cost

with a love that alone is known

when the love is lost.

4.

Walking the woods I find

the remotest clue,

like the sunlight gleam on a stream,

and I think of you.

5.

I strain in the silent night

for the sound to hear

of the tenderer word that stirred

the recording ear.

6.

Dispersed are the fantasies

I was harbouring;

so frown not if I stall the fall

by remembering.