WE are but two -- the others sleep Through death's untroubled night; We are but two -- O, let us keep The link that binds us bright. Heart leaps to heart -- the sacred flood That warms us is the same; That good old man -- his honest blood Alike we fondly claim. We in one mother's arms were locked -- Long be her love repaid; In the same cradle we were rocked, Round the same hearth we played. Our boyish sports were all the same, Each little joy and woe; -- Let manhood keep alive the flame, Lit up so long ago. We are but two -- be that the band To hold us till we die; Shoulder to shoulder let us stand, Till side by side we lie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FLORIDA GHOST by SIDNEY LANIER BETRAYAL by HESTER H. CHOLMONDELEY BY THE ALMA RIVER by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK THE MEMORY OF THE HEART by DANIEL WEBSTER THE MOUNTAIN ECHO by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |