If you were I, and I were you, What are the things that we would do? Perhaps we do not know just what, And so to tell would rather not! How can we know what we would do If you were I, and I were you? Perhaps the things that now seem strange, Would not be so at closer range; They might indeed quite disappear, And everything might be made clear; So we would have a different view, If you were I, and I were you! So when I do things that seem queer, And you -- well -- I'll not interfere -- Let us remember as we go, That causes are unknown, and so We cannot tell what we would do If you were I, and I were you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INGRATEFUL [OR UNGRATEFUL] BEAUTY THREATENED by THOMAS CAREW THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET by JOHN KEATS MY LOST YOUTH by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW FATHER LAND AND MOTHER TONGUE by SAMUEL LOVER IN THE VALLEY OF CAUTERETZ by ALFRED TENNYSON AN INVOCATION by ISIDORE G. ASCHER EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 33. LOVE KEEPS ALL THINGS IN ORDER by PHILIP AYRES |