As, at a railway junction, men Who came together, taking then One the train up, one down, again Meet never! Ah, much more as they Who take one street's two sides, and say Hard parting words, but walk one way: Though moving other mates between, While carts and coaches intervene, Each to the other goes unseen; Yet seldom, surely, shall there lack Knowledge they walk not back to back, But with an unity of track, Where common dangers each attend, And common hopes their guidance lend To light them to the self-same end. Whether he then shall cross to thee, Or thou go thither, or it be Some midway point, ye yet shall see Each other, yet again shall meet Ah, joy! when with the closing street, Forgivingly at last ye greet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUNG BULLFROGS by CARL SANDBURG SPIRIT OF '76 by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE TURNSTILE by WILLIAM BARNES THE MOTHER IN THE HOUSE by HERMANN HAGEDORN EVENING ON CALAIS BEACH by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH MEMORY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ON A CHILD SLEEPING IN CYNTHIA'S LAP by PHILIP AYRES DEAD IN HIS BED by ADDIE LUCIA BALLOU TO A LADY, WITH SOME PAINTED FLOWERS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |