Poems (Piatt)/Volume 2/The One of Two
THE ONE OF TWO.
"Love him more," they said to me,
"Since you need not love the other;
He is sweet as sweet can be!"
And—they took away his brother.
"Since you need not love the other;
He is sweet as sweet can be!"
And—they took away his brother.
"Only give him back his place."
Brown head nestling near and nearer,
Little laughing two-years' face,
You are dear—if he is dearer!
Brown head nestling near and nearer,
Little laughing two-years' face,
You are dear—if he is dearer!
"Let him sleep? He cannot care?
Love is only for the living?"—
Still this breathing child's own share
To the dead one I am giving.
Love is only for the living?"—
Still this breathing child's own share
To the dead one I am giving.