Poems (Argent)/Twin Souls
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TWIN SOULS.
"But thou and I are one in kind
As moulded like in Nature's mint,
And hill and wood and field did print
The same sweet forms in either mind."
Tennyson.
As moulded like in Nature's mint,
And hill and wood and field did print
The same sweet forms in either mind."
Tennyson.
THERE are two souls who seldom meet,
So far apart
Their lines in life, and yet they are
True friends in heart.
So far apart
Their lines in life, and yet they are
True friends in heart.
One moves in noble rank—but still
A woman sweet,
Who holds not such as all in all
On earth complete.
A woman sweet,
Who holds not such as all in all
On earth complete.
A good Samaritan who sees
Her neighbour's need,
Who from her place looks down and helps
In word and deed.
Her neighbour's need,
Who from her place looks down and helps
In word and deed.
No greater joy has she, I ween,
Than each to bless,
There is no limit to her thoughts
Of tenderness.
Than each to bless,
There is no limit to her thoughts
Of tenderness.
The evening-time is drawing near
Her footsteps now,
But she has caught soft lights of heaven
Upon her brow.
Her footsteps now,
But she has caught soft lights of heaven
Upon her brow.
The poor, the helpless, and the sad,
With stricken breast,
Cling to her lovingly, as if
Her touch brought rest.
With stricken breast,
Cling to her lovingly, as if
Her touch brought rest.
Dear saintly woman, loved by all,
Who long hath trod
Life's pathway—she, our Dora, is
The gift of God!
Who long hath trod
Life's pathway—she, our Dora, is
The gift of God!
The other soul of whom I write
Is lowly born,
A violet in a shady nook,
Just kissed by morn.
Is lowly born,
A violet in a shady nook,
Just kissed by morn.
She fills her place as best she may
With loving zeal,
A woman of self-sacrifice
Whose faith is real!
With loving zeal,
A woman of self-sacrifice
Whose faith is real!
In friendship's bonds these two are knit,
Their minds are one,
The selfsame beauty breathes for them
In flower and sun.
Their minds are one,
The selfsame beauty breathes for them
In flower and sun.
Position's gulf seems stranded o'er
By outstretched hands.
Love parts the icy barrier with
Strong arms and bands!
By outstretched hands.
Love parts the icy barrier with
Strong arms and bands!
What though the violet lives and moves
In paths unknown,
Save by the few who love and shield
Her as their own.
In paths unknown,
Save by the few who love and shield
Her as their own.
An angel with soft folded wings,
All unaware,
She sits beside us—and her name
On earth is Clare!
All unaware,
She sits beside us—and her name
On earth is Clare!
And these twin-souls who seldom meet,
Whose lives apart
Are often sundered, keep for aye
True friends in heart!
Whose lives apart
Are often sundered, keep for aye
True friends in heart!