A Celebration of Women Writers

"The Lost Name." by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay (1875-1928)
From: Fires of Driftwood. by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Limited, 1922, p. 27.

Editor: Mary Mark Ockerbloom

[Page 27] 

The Lost Name

THE voice of my true love is low
  And exquisitely kind,
Warm as a flower, cold as snow–
  I think it is the Wind.

My true love's face is white as mist
  That moons have lingered on,
Yet rosy as a cloud, sun-kissed–
  I think it is the Dawn.

The breath of my true love is sweet
  As gardens at day's close
When dew and dark together meet–
  I think it is a Rose.

My true love's heart is wild and shy
  And folded from my sight,
A world, a star, a whispering sigh–
  I think it is the Night.

My true love's name is lost to me,
  The prey of dusty years,
But in the falling Rain I see
  And know her by her tears!

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Editor: Mary Mark Ockerbloom