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Poems

By Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

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CXVII

[Whether I live, or whether I die]

Whether I live, or whether I die,
Whatever the worlds I see,
I shall come to you by-and-by,
And you will come to me.
Whoever was foolish, we were wise,
We crossed the boundary line,
I saw my soul look out of your eyes,
You saw your soul in mine.