A smile here more, a smile here less,
And phantom worlds are lost in night,
Phantom eyes fade from the light
As the glittering dancers pass.
Mirror, mirror in the sky,
Aurora Nothing is the name,
Silent lights without a flame,
Which dance as the phantoms pass.
Colour comes and colour goes,
With never a thought to reason why:
Mirror of ghosts in a silent sky,
Advance and retreat and change.
RAE, 23 May 1976
A smile here more, a smile here less,
And phantom worlds are lost in night,
Phantom eyes fade from the light
As the glittering dancers pass.
Mirror, mirror in the sky,
Aurora Nothing is the name,
Silent lights without a flame,
Which dance as the phantoms pass.
Colour comes and colour goes,
With never a thought to reason why:
Mirror of ghosts in a silent sky,
Advance and retreat and change.
RAE, 23 May 1976