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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD BRIDGE, by AUGUSTE ANGELLIER Poet's Biography
First Line: On the old, old bridge, with its crumbling
Last Line: But we, -- no more!
Subject(s): Bridges; Old Age
First Line: On the old, old bridge, with its crumbling
Last Line: But we, -- no more!
Subject(s): Bridges; Old Age
On the old, old bridge, with its crumbling stones
All covered with lichens red and gray,
Two lovers were talking in sweet low tones:
And we were they!
As he leaned to breathe in her willing ear
The love that he vowed would never die,
He called her his darling, his dove most dear:
And he was I!
She covered her face from the pale moonlight
With her trembling hands, but her eyes looked through,
And listened and listened with long delight:
And she was you!
On the old, old bridge, where the lichens rust,
Two lovers are learning the same old lore;
He tells his love, and she looks her trust:
But we, -- no more!
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