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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THOUGHTS IN SEPARATION, by ALICE MEYNELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: We never meet; yet we meet day by day
Last Line: Thou to thy crucifix, I to my mother.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
First Line: We never meet; yet we meet day by day
Last Line: Thou to thy crucifix, I to my mother.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation
We never meet; yet we meet day by day
Upon those hills of life, dim and immense:
The good we love, and sleep -- our innocence.
O hills of life, high hills! And higher than they,
Our guardian spirits meet at prayer and play.
Beyond pain, joy, and hope, and long suspense,
Above the summits of our souls, far hence,
An angel meets an angel on the way.
Beyond all good I ever believed of thee
Or thou of me, these always love and live.
And though I fail of thy ideal of me,
My angel falls not short. They greet each other.
Who knows, they may exchange the kiss we give,
Thou to thy crucifix, I to my mother.
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