The Old Road to Paradise/I Did Not Know
I DID NOT KNOW
I did not know that I should miss you, So silver-soft your loving came, There were no trumpets down the dawning, There were no leaping tides of flame . . .
Only a peace like still rain falling On a tired land with drought foredone, Only a warmth like light soft-lying On a shut place that has not sun.
I did not know that I should miss you . . . I only miss you, day and night, Stilly, as earth would miss the rainfall, Always, as earth would miss the light.