skulking dusk enfolds the underwood an ardour like the fallen petals the dead relics of a past chapter still beloved mountain winds caress and soothe my lustful soul to quieten my bleak breast and enchant the dreams of old a lone sea grave under tendrilous waves birds beneath clouds dark and wild beyond the moon set and tempest within unutterable woe s reach for eternal rest i arose from the dream and you were gone still embracing ashes of what never was the torment of nothingness