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THE MEETING by KATHARINE TYNAN

First Line: AS I WENT UP AND HE CAME DOWN, MY LITTLE SIX-YEAR BOY
Last Line: AND I WENT UP AND HE WENT DOWN COMFORTED WONDERFULLY.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; LOVE; MOTHERS; SONS; CHILDHOOD;
AS I went up and he came down, my little six-year boy,
Upon the stairs we met and kissed, I and my tender Joy.
O fond and true, as lovers do, we kissed and clasped and parted;
And I went up and he went down, refreshed and happy-hearted.

What need was there for any words, his face against my face?
And in the silence heart to heart spoke for a little space
Of tender things and thoughts on wings and secrets none discovers;
And I went up and he went down, a pair of happy lovers.

His clinging arms about my neck, what need was there for words?
O little heart that beat so fast like any fluttering bird's!
"I love," his silence said; "I love," my silence answered duly;
And I went up and he went down comforted wonderfully.



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