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Two
By Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819–1892)
T
I and thou!
To one captivity we both are bending,
I and thou!
In my heart thee I close—thou me in thine;
In twofold life, yet one, we both are blending,
I and thou!
Thee my wit draws—and me thine eye of beauty;
Two fishes, from one bait we are depending,
I and thou!
Yet unlike fishes—through the air of Heaven,
Like two brave eagles, we are both ascending,
I and thou!