They say a wife and husband, bit by bit, Can rear between their lives a mighty wall, So thick they can not talk with ease through it, Nor can they see across, it stands so tall! Its nearness frightens them but each alone Is powerless to tear its bulk away, And each, dejected, wishes he had known For such a wall, some magic thing to say. So let us build with master art, my dear, A bridge of faith between your life and mine, A bridge of tenderness and very near A bridge of understanding, strong and fine -- Till we have formed so many lovely ties There never will be room for walls to rise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCHOLAR GIPSY by MATTHEW ARNOLD A RENUNCIATION by EDWARD DE VERE THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST by RUDYARD KIPLING SONNET: 54 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON [APRIL 6, 1862] by KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD FULL OF LIFE NOW by WALT WHITMAN THIS COMPOST: 2. by WALT WHITMAN DUSK; TO MADEMOISELLE MARIE LAURENCIN by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE |