The moon is dreaming upward From a sea of cloud and gleam; She looks as if she had seen me Never but in a dream.
Down the stair I know she is coming, Bare-footed, lifting her train; It creaks not--she hears it creaking Where once there was a brain.
Out at yon side-door she's coming, With a timid glance right and left; Her look is hopeless yet eager, The look of a heart bereft.
Across the lawn she is flitting, Her thin gown feels the wind; Are her white feet bending the grasses? Her hair is lifted behind!