Two, in the darkness, sought the Cross, But in their blindness found it not; This way and that, in dole and loss, They sought the Cross, but found it not. @3"This way!"@1 -- the one insistent cried; @3"Nay, this!"@1 -- the other quick replied; And each the other's hope denied. @3"I tell you, my way is the right!" "Nay then, you stumbler in the night, My way alone leads to the light!"@1 @3"Perverse! -- Go then your own wrong road!" "I go! -- for my way leads to God."@1 And each his own way brusquely strode. And up above, upon The Tree, Christ's wounds broke in fresh agony. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BARBER'S by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE PROPERZIA ROSSI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS MY LOST YOUTH by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW SONG (10) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 77. SOUL'S BEAUTY by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE WASTE PLACES by JAMES STEPHENS VALUES by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TALES OF THE HALL: BOOK 11. THE MAID'S STORY by GEORGE CRABBE |