We were both wrong; Each believed the other's eyes were blinded to the right, Each could see the other's faults, despairing at the sight, Each one seemed to doubt the good which once to them appealed, And, doubting, lost the joy which Love, when true, alone can yield. But now, thank God, the motes and beams have been removed at last, The metal base of yester-night, today as gold is classed. It took some strength, but now we know the bliss which candor gives, Each heart's confessed, contrite, and thus, each for the other lives, And both are right. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IF IT WERE NOT FOR YOU by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE SMALL SELF AND THE LIBERAL SELF by JAMES GALVIN TO HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON - LAWYER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 5. THE DANCING GIRL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SUGGESTED BY THE COVER OF A VOLUME OF KEATS'S POEMS by AMY LOWELL |