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MEETING, by                    
First Line: One day we gave each other, one more day
Last Line: To meet our future glad and unafraid.
Subject(s): Relationships; Universities & Colleges - Faculty; Wellesley College


One day we gave each other, one more day.
In the hot city streets we found a way
To meet, and listen to the roar and din,
And know we two sat safely folded in.

The poets brought us their grave, chastening word,
Brought murmurs of the river, breeze and bird;
Till a strange gladness rested in the heart,
Of all our coming years to be a part.

And he had changed. Through days of absence still
More masterful and tender; steady will
Ruled all his face, and love looked through his eyes,
And noble speech grew freer and more wise.

Oh, more than conqueror he seemed that day!
He stood beside me, turned, and went away.
Then I knelt down, and for his sake I prayed
To meet our future glad and unafraid.





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