Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BROTHERS, by CHARLES SPRAGUE


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First Line: We are but two - the others sleep
Last Line: Till side by side we lie.
Subject(s): Brothers; Half-brothers


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.





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