WE are but two -- the others sleep Through death's untroubled night; We are but two -- O, let us keep The link that binds us bright. Heart leaps to heart -- the sacred flood That warms us is the same; That good old man -- his honest blood Alike we fondly claim. We in one mother's arms were locked -- Long be her love repaid; In the same cradle we were rocked, Round the same hearth we played. Our boyish sports were all the same, Each little joy and woe; -- Let manhood keep alive the flame, Lit up so long ago. We are but two -- be that the band To hold us till we die; Shoulder to shoulder let us stand, Till side by side we lie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A REPUBLIC! by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JOHN WASSON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS VARIATIONS ON A THEME: ROMANCE by EDITH SITWELL THE VACANT CAGE (1) by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER IMMORTALIA NE SPERES by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE |