Thomas Hardy (Томас Гарди (Харди))
That Kiss in the Dark
Recall it you? – Say you do! – When you went out into the night, In an impatience that would not wait, From that lone house in the woodland spot, And when I, thinking you had gone For ever and ever from my sight, Came after, printing a kiss upon Black air In my despair, And my two lips lit on your cheek As you leant silent against a gate, Making my woman’s face flush hot At what I had done in the dark, unware You lingered for me but would not speak: Yes, kissed you, thinking you were not there! Recall it you? – Say you do!
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