WE sit and chat in the familiar place, -- We two, where in those other years were three, -- Till, suddenly, you turn your eyes from me,. And in the empty air I see a face, Serenely smiling with the old-time grace, And we are three again. All silently The third guest entered; and as silent we, Held mute by very awe for some brief space. And then we question -- Has he come to stay? Was heaven lonely to the child of earth? Was there no nectar in immortal bliss For lips that thirsted for a mortal kiss? Has the new lesson taught the old love's worth? The still ghost hears, and smiles, and -- goes his way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEACE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 3. TEESTAY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON IN A BREATH; TO THE WILLIAMSON BROTHERS by CARL SANDBURG THE HOUSEKEEPER by ROBERT FROST THE WILD FLOWER'S SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE PARTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |