I LIKE YOU met I LOVE YOU, face to face; The path was narrow, and they could not pass. I LIKE YOU smiled; I LOVE YOU cried, Alas! And so they halted for a little space. "Turn thou and go before," I LOVE YOU said, "Down the green pathway, bright with many a flower; Deep in the valley, lo! my bridal bower Awaits thee." But I LIKE YOU shook his head. Then while they lingered on the span-wide shelf That shaped a pathway round the rocky ledge, I LIKE YOU bared his icy dagger's edge, And first he slew I LOVE YOU, -- then himself. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK by ROBERT HERRICK A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (1) by WALTER RALEIGH A WAYFARING SONG by HENRY VAN DYKE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 24. AR-RAFI by EDWIN ARNOLD THE VOLCANIC ISLAND by CLIFFORD BAX IN THAT DAY by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: DEEDS MIGHT HAVE BEEN by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |