Ii--The Anniversary

“Give me the truth, whatever it may be. You thought we knew, now tell me what you miss: You are the one to tell me what it is-- You are a man, and you have married me. What is it worth to-night that you can see More marriage in the dream of one dead kiss Than in a thousand years of life like this? Passion has turned the lock, Pride keeps the key.

“Whatever I have said or left unsaid, Whatever I have done or left undone,-- Tell me. Tell me the truth.... Are you afraid? Do you think that Love was ever fed with lies But hunger lived thereafter in his eyes? Do you ask me to take moonlight for the sun?”