Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, YOU AND I, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL


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YOU AND I, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What would you say / if you were I
Last Line: Ah, not again!
Subject(s): Love - Unrequited; Time


WHAT would you say
If you were I,
And I were near,
And no one by;
If you were I?

What would you do
If you were I,
And night were dark,
And none were nigh?
What would you do?

What would I say
If I were you,
And none were near,
And love were true?
What would I say?

What would I do?
Just only this.
And on my cheek
Soft lit a kiss.
This did she do!

I heard a cry,
And through the night
Saw far away
A gleam of white,
And there was I!

But not again
This she was I;
Yet still I loved,
And years went by.
Ah, not again!





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