Written by Lucine Finch

Two in Arcadia

by Lucine Finch

Come over the sea to me, to me,Come over the sea to me!The little ships go sailing by,But never a ship brings thee!There were no words, if I remember,But something subtler, deeper, Love.The night it was a cold DecemberWith a shiv’ry, silver moon above—But in our hearts—the flame of love!..