Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

Richard Buxton . A MEMORY. u CORSE and the curving grass and the sun -heavy a ir were around us : All the world was asleep ; you and I were awake. Slowly the children crept to rest in the shadowy bushes, Slowly still the sun rose in the vacuous sky. Earth and air and our souls were faint in the heat of the noonday ; Slower and yet more slow moved your hand in my hair . Time stood still and the sun had paused his path in the heavens , Not a breath in the air ruffled the leaves of the bush . Even our hearts were still and the restless swarm of our kisses Paused and abandoned their flight resting yet on our lips . Yet , as a man in a swoon sees heaven and earth laid before him , Clearly I saw our love binding and making us one .