IF I KNEW YOU and you knew me -- If both of us could clearly see, And with an inner sight divine The meaning of your heart and mine -- I'm sure that we would differ less And clasp our hands in friendliness; Our thoughts would pleasantly agree If I knew you, and you knew me. If I knew you and you knew me, As each one knows his own self, we Could look each other in the face And see therein a truer grace. Life has so many hidden woes, So many thorns for every rose; The "why" of things our hearts would see, If I knew you and you knew me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: PROEM by ALFRED TENNYSON RECOLLECTION by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): THE MOVING ROCKS by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE VIGILANTES by MARGARET ELIZA ASHMUN NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 23 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |