Known you before? Yes, æons we have known Each other, worshipped, wept, laughed,—if we could Recall th' events. Maybe with masks of wood We played in Attic city; or in stone We watched an obelisk take form; or prone We stammered prayers to Buddha for our good; Or at the Crucifixion met and stood And suffered, wild hearts withering without moan. Last night we met, you pale and silent; I Calm, waiting for th' ascending tide; and mine To know and yours to know, as eye held eye, The world's eternal beauty by a sign Obscure but sure. Against the ancient sky Glanced modern lights in geometric line. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FIDDLING WOOD by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TO TWO UNKNOWN LADIES by AMY LOWELL THE HOUND OF HEAVEN by FRANCIS THOMPSON THE BALLAD OF MY FRIEND by J. D. BEAZLEY DARTMOOR: SUNSET AT CHAGFORD: HOMO LOQVITUR by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: TO MIGNONNE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |