Once I smiled when I saw you, when I saw you smile I was glad, <br />And the joy of my heart was as foam that the sea-wind shakes from the sea; <br />But the smile of your eyes grows strange, and the smile that my lips have had <br />Trembles back to my heart, and my heart trembles in me. <br /> <br />Once you laughed when you met me, when you met me your voice was gay <br />As the voice of a bird in the dawn of the day on a sunshiny tree; <br />But the sound of your voice grows strange, and the words that you do not say <br />Thrill from your heart to mine, and my heart trembles in me.<br /><br />Arthur Symons<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-paradox-2/
