Birth and death, twin-sister and twin-brother, Night and day, on all things that draw breath, Reign, while time keeps friends with one another Birth and death. Each brow-bound with flowers diverse of wreath, Heaven they hail as father, earth as mother, Faithful found above them and beneath. Smiles may lighten tears, and tears may smother Smiles, for all that joy or sorrow saith: Joy nor sorrow knows not from each other Birth and death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: HENRY BAKER, AT NEW YORK by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WHY I LOVE HER by ALEXANDER BROME ON THE DEATH OF MR. CRASHAW by ABRAHAM COWLEY SIR GALAHAD by ALFRED TENNYSON LETTY'S GLOBE by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER MANHATTAN ARMING by WALT WHITMAN NEAR DOVER, SEPTEMBER 1802 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |