A magic moment I remember: br I raised my eyes and you were there, br A fleeting vision, the quintessence br Of all that's beautiful and rare br I pray to mute despair and anguish, br To vain the pursuits world esteems, br Long did I hear your soothing accents, br Long did your features haunt my dreams. br Time passed. A rebel storm-blast scattered br The reveries that once were mine br And I forgot your soothing accents, br Your features gracefully divine. br In dark days of enforced retirement br I gazed upon grey skies above br With no ideals to inspire me br No one to cry for, live for, love.