 | [Poems by Piatt in] The Children Out-of-doors |  |
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HALF-LIVES.
I.
Two were they, two;—but oneThey might have been. Each knew
The other's spirit fittest mate, apart.
Ah, hapless! though once jealous Fortune drew
Them almost heart to heart,
In a brief-lighted sun!
II.
So near they came, and then—they are So far!They seemed like two who pass,
Each on a world-long journey opposite,
Their two trains hurrying dark
With far-drawn roar through the dread deeps of night,
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Oh, hands that might have thrilled with meeting spark!
Oh, lips that might have kissed!
Oh, eyes with folded sight,
Dreaming some vision bright!)
In mystery and in mist.
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