Known you before? Yes, æons we have known Each other, worshipped, wept, laughed,—if we could Recall th' events. Maybe with masks of wood We played in Attic city; or in stone We watched an obelisk take form; or prone We stammered prayers to Buddha for our good; Or at the Crucifixion met and stood And suffered, wild hearts withering without moan. Last night we met, you pale and silent; I Calm, waiting for th' ascending tide; and mine To know and yours to know, as eye held eye, The world's eternal beauty by a sign Obscure but sure. Against the ancient sky Glanced modern lights in geometric line. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS VISION by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE BLACK MONKEY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD BONNYBELL: THE BUTTERFLY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: ALMA BELL TO THE CORONER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EUGENIA TODD by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |