Artemis to Actæon (1909)/A Meeting

by Edith Wharton

For works with similar titles, see A Meeting.

 

A MEETING

On a sheer peak of joy we meet;Below us hums the abyss;Death either way allures our feetIf we take one step amiss.

One moment let us drink the blueTranscendent air together—Then down where the same old work's to doIn the same dull daily weather.

We may not wait . . . yet look below!How part? On this keen ridgeBut one may pass. They call you—go!My life shall be your bridge.