When you wake from troubled slumbers br With a dream-bewildered brain, br And old leaves which no man numbers br Chattering tap against the pane; br br And the midnight wind is wailing br Till your very life seems quailing br As the long gusts shudder and sigh: br Know you not that homeless cry br br Is my love's, which cannot die, br Wailing through Eternity? br br * * * * * br br When beside the glowing embers, br Sitting in the twilight lone, br Drop on drop you hear November's br Melancholy monotone, br br As the heavy rain comes sweeping, br With a sound of weeping, weeping, br Till your blood is chilled with fears; br Know you not those falling tears, br br Flowing fast through years on years, br For my sobs within your ears? br br * * * * * br br When with dolorous moan the billows br Surge around where, far and wide, br Leagues on leagues of sea-worn hollows br Throb with thunders of the tide, br br And the weary waves in breaking br Fill you, thrill you, as with aching br Memories of our love of yore br Where you pace the sounding shore, br br Hear you not, through roll and roar, br Soul call soul for evermore?br br Mathilde Blindbr br