BY the pulse that beats in my throat
By my heart like a bird
I know who passed through the dusk
Though he spoke no word!
I cannot move in my place,
I am chained and still;
I pray that the moon pause not
By my window-sill.
I have hidden my face in my hair
And my eyes are veiled —
Not even a star must know
How my lips have paled —
Was ever a night so quick
‘ Neath a moon so round?
I hear the earth as it turns —
And my heart's low sound!