Ten years ago when both of us
Met on a morning, friends—as thus
We meet this evening, friends or what?—
Did you—because I took your arm
And sillily smiled, "A mass of brass
That sea looks, blazing underneath!"
While up the cliff-road edged with heath,
We took the turns nor came to harm—
Did you consider, "Now makes twice
That I have seen her, walked and talked