Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWO FRIENDS, by CHARLES GODFREY LELAND Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have two friends - two glorious friends Last Line: Or die in my bed, as a christian should, is all the same to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Breitmann, Hans Subject(s): Friendship | ||||||||
I HAVE two friends -- two glorious friends -- two better could not be, And every night when midnight tolls they meet to laugh with me. The first was shot by Carlist thieves -- ten years ago in Spain. The second drowned near Alicante -- while I alive remain. I love to see their dim white forms come floating through the night, And grieve to see them fade away in early morning light. The first with gnomes in the Under Land is leading a lordly life, The second has married a mermaiden, a beautiful water-wife. And since I have friends in the Earth and Sea -- with a few, I trust, on high, 'T is a matter of small account to me -- the way that I may die. For whether I sink in the foaming flood, or swing on the triple tree, Or die in my bed, as a Christian should, is all the same to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES A BALLAD OF CHARITY by CHARLES GODFREY LELAND |
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