4 MARCH 1955, Page 22

The Shining on the Sea

The clear sky drank us up. Sleep could not so confuse Our shared and separate days With such forgetfulness As'then possessed your face. For I vas first to slip Back into bodily shape. I watched the sunlight take The impress of your cheek. I did not move or speak.

C. A. TRYPANIS SYDNEY TREMAYNE