Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOGETHER, by LUDWIG LEWISOHN Poet's Biography First Line: You and I by this lamp with these Last Line: And this is marriage, this is love. Subject(s): Togetherness | ||||||||
You and I by this lamp with these Few books shut out the world. Our knees Touch almost in this little space. But I am glad. I see your face. The silences are long, but each Hears the other without speech. And in this simple scene there is The essence of all subtleties, The freedom from all fret and smart, The one sure sabbath of the heart. The world -- we cannot conquer it, Nor change the minds of fools one whit. Here, here alone do we create Beauty and peace inviolate; Here night by night and hour by hour We build a high impregnable tower Whence may shine, now and again, A light to light the feet of men When they see the rays thereof: And this is marriage, this is love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WOMAN WITH FLAXEN HAIR IN NORFOLK HEARD by ROBERT KELLY YESTERDAY FROM MY FEVER by GALWAY KINNELL IF YOU COULD COME SOFTLY by AUDRE LORDE MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SILENT IN THE MOONLIGHT by ROBERT BLY HEINRICH HEINE by LUDWIG LEWISOHN |
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