Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES TO HANNAH AND PHOEBE, by BERNARD BARTON Poet's Biography First Line: I have known you so long, and have lov'd you so well Last Line: By dividing our sorrows it lessens them too. Alternate Author Name(s): Quaker Poet Subject(s): Friendship | ||||||||
I HAVE known you so long, and have lov'd you so well, It is fit that one page of our friendship should tell; For experience has made it as firm and as fond, On my part, at least, as a brotherly bond; And on yours, I should hope, some such feelings are known Towards me, as affectionate sisters might own. Ought it not to be thus? Oh! most surely it should; For though pain, and through pleasure; through evil and good; Or what the world call such, I think I may say We have mutually strove to make smoother the way; In moments of sunshine, that sunshine to share; And in days overclouded, the darkness to bear. May we still do the same; and increasingly feel That joy, genuine friendship alone can reveal: And gratefully own, while it doubles our bliss, Its influence extends even further than this; For, in seasons of grief, it is equally true, By dividing our sorrows it lessens them too. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES BRUCE AND THE SPIDER by BERNARD BARTON |
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