That you and I’ve been drinking wine,

Embittered by this dull grey day; or must

It be that you too know

That smoke and hopes “grey” both may go?

Grey smoke of yours, grey thoughts o’ mine,

Seem strangely both in one accord to-day.

Perhaps it is that croon-song of the pine,

Recalling memories dear and far away—

Or is it that this grey day’s mystic spell

Foretells the end of hope and smoke in Hell?