An easy lazy length of limb, Dark eyes and features from the south, A short-legged meditative pipe Set in a supercilious mouth: Ink and a pen and papers laid Down on a table for the night, Beside a semi-dozing man Who wakes to go to bed by light. A pair of brothers brotherly, Unlike and yet how much the same In heart and high-toned intellect, In face and bearing, hope and aim: Friends of the selfsame treasured friends And of one home the dear delight, Beloved of many a loving heart And cherished both in mine, good night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO SCIENCE; SONNET by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE ROSE'S MESSAGE by MARY WINCHESTER ABBOTT THE PRODIGAL'S BROTHER SPEAKS by BESS SAMUEL AYRES SONG by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD THE SPHINX by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL WORDS ARE NEVER ENOUGH by CHARLES TORY BRUCE |