BETWEEN us now and here - Two thrown together Who are not wont to wear Life's flushest feather - Who see the scenes slide past, The daytimes dimming fast, Let there be truth at last, Even if despair. So thoroughly and long Have you now known me, So real in faith and strong Have I now shown me, That nothing needs disguise Further in any wise, Or asks or justifies A guarded tongue. Face unto face, then, say, Eyes my own meeting, Is your heart far away, Or with mine beating? When false things are brought low, And swift things have grown slow, Feigning like froth shall go, Faith be for aye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE POOR by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE SUBALTERNS by THOMAS HARDY A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON TO A SHADE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE TAXI by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |