"The Quilt of Night" by K. Anne Snell

I loved you once beneath a moon

That never shone so bright

As at the hour I saw you first

Beneath the quilt of night

I saw you wandering ‘neath the trees

Along a path alone

You sang a song raised to the sky

And all the stars they, they shone

And in your eyes I saw a flame

Like sun-rays on the sea

I gazed into your eyes of gold

And glimpsed eternity

You walked along the riverbed

Washed in the moon’s clear light

While I above stood watching you

Beneath the quilt of night

I loved you then in halls of stone

In halls of gold and green

Beside the river’s ancient shore

Before the mountain’s sheen

Your laughing eyes and gentle soul

Were all my heart’s delight

Yet you were but a dream for me

Beneath the quilt of night

You never looked into my eyes

Or saw what dwelt therein

And everything we had was done

Before it could begin

We never danced ‘til morning came

Or wandered in the wood

You never held me in your arms

Because you never could

She loved you more than life itself

And you could not withhold

The loving passion and the joy

Of all that your heart told

I cried for you, you heard me not

And how could you have known

For she was all the world to you

And I was left alone

You wed her on a day of gold

To both your hearts’ delight

And I took to the winding road

Beneath the quilt of night

I loved you still beneath a moon

That cast long shadows dark

I crossed the hills and valleys on

Some journey to embark

The years and miles stretch behind

My path, it still goes on

Away from you and all I knew

When I first heard your song

Until love comes again my way

And all things are made right

Until that time my heart still rests

Beneath the quilt of night