A year ago,
One walked with me
Across the snow,
By the bare gaunt tree,
And our shadows passed slow
O'er the bare white lea.

Two shadows cast
By the visiting moon,
Side by side they passed
In the wind's low croon,
And the hour went fast,
And passed too soon.

One shadow now throws
The moon on the lea,
And one shadow goes
Which eye cannot see,
Across the snows
Side by side with me.

A year ago,
O visiting moon,
Two walked in the snow,
In the wind's low croon,
The shadows went slow,
Yet one passed too soon.