WE sit and chat in the familiar place, -- We two, where in those other years were three, -- Till, suddenly, you turn your eyes from me,. And in the empty air I see a face, Serenely smiling with the old-time grace, And we are three again. All silently The third guest entered; and as silent we, Held mute by very awe for some brief space. And then we question -- Has he come to stay? Was heaven lonely to the child of earth? Was there no nectar in immortal bliss For lips that thirsted for a mortal kiss? Has the new lesson taught the old love's worth? The still ghost hears, and smiles, and -- goes his way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONG OF ETERNITY IN TIME by SIDNEY LANIER ODE ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB by THOMAS GRAY I, TOO by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES ALASKA by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER WHY PLAGUE ME, LOVES? by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS AN INVOCATION by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD ON THESE LABOURED POEMS OF THE DECEASED AUTHOR, MR. WILLIAM BOSWORTH by L. C. MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE LORD HAYES: SONG by THOMAS CAMPION |