LONG time ago, we two set out, My soul and I. I know not why, For all our way was dim with doubt. I know not where We two may fare: Though still with every changing weather, We wander, groping on together. We do not love, we are not friends, My soul and I. He lives a lie; Untruth lines every way he wends. A scoffer he Who jeers at me: And so, my comrade and my brother, We wander on and hate each other. Ay, there be taverns and to spare, Beside the road; But some strange goad Lets me not stop to taste their fare. Knew I the goal Toward which my soul And I made way, hope made life fragrant: But no. We wander, aimless, vagrant! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FOOL, A FOUL THING, A DISTRESSFUL LUNATIC by MARIANNE MOORE TO MILITARY PROGRESS by MARIANNE MOORE FACADE: 7. MADAME MOUSE TROTS by EDITH SITWELL EPITAPH: FOR A LADY I KNOW by COUNTEE CULLEN FOUR-LEAF CLOVER by ELLA (RHOADS) HIGGINSON AULD ROBIN GRAY by ANNE LINDSAY WITH COLORS GAY by HOWARD S. ABBOTT |