Meeting

She dances in the shadows
Like a shadow, is her hair
Her eyes hold midnight capture
She is perilous fair
A wood lark sing the measures
That her flying feet betrays
She dances in the shadows
Like a dream of darkling gray
He sings in summer's sunlight
To the cloudless summer skies
His head is crowned with sunlight
And the heavens match his eyes
A wild wood seems to listen
To the singer's gladsome voice
He sings in summer's sunlight
And- all who hear rejoice
She dances in the shadows
For a doom upon her lies
If the sunlight shines upon her
The shadow dancer dies
And on his line is this cursed
Late that once that day is spared
In sleep like death he lies 'till
Once again the night has fled
One evening in the twilight
That is neither day nor night
The time part bred of shadow
And partly born of light
A trembling shadow dancer
Heard the voice of love and good
That sang a song of sunlight
Through the gathering evening mood
A spell it cast upon her
And she followed in its wake
To where sun singer sang it
All unheeding by her lake
She saw the one that she must
Love until the day she dies
And bitter tears for bitter love
The shadow dancer cries
He saw her and he loved her
And he knew his love was vague
For he was born of sunlight
And must be the shadow's bane
So weather curse could claim him
Then he shed one bitter tear
To know his only love must
Also be his greatest fear
So now they meet at twilight
Though they only meet to part
Sad meetings, sadder partings
And the breaking of each heart
What blame then if they pray for
Time or death to bring a cure
For the sake of bitter loving