Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RIFT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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THE RIFT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We spoke no word and we gave no look
Last Line: And neither of us knew why.
Subject(s): Quarrels; Arguments; Disagreements


We spoke no word and we gave no look,
But we quarrelled, my love and I;
And our hearts ran dead as an empty brook,
Though neither of us knew why.

And many a time in the later years,
With reason enough, God wot,
We have come to reproaches and wrath and tears,
That soon were gone and forgot;

But still we remember the hour malign,
And must till the day we die, --
The hour when we quarrelled and made no sign,
And neither of us knew why.





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