Spirits and Bodies

Spirits and Bodies written by William Henry Davies

From "Love Poems" (1935)

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Two spirits in two bodies, Love,
   We live together here, and thrive;
If one of these two bodies die,
   How much of us will then survive?
If either you or I die first,
   What comfort has the passing bell?
Two spirits in one body, Love,
   Can hold together fairly well.
So when there’s but one body left,
   And that dies too, let it be known
That two fond spirits leave together,
   As neither one could go alone.

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