The Meeting

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The Meeting by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Meeting Annotated

After so long an absence
&nbsp At last we meet again:
Does the meeting give us pleasure,
&nbsp Or does it give us pain?

The tree of life has been shaken,
&nbsp And but few of us linger now,
Like the Prophet's two or three berries
&nbsp In the top of the uppermost bough.

We cordially greet each other
&nbsp In the old, familiar tone;
And we think, though we do not say it,
&nbsp How old and gray he is grown!

We speak of a Merry Christmas
&nbsp And many a Happy New Year
But each in his heart is thinking
&nbsp Of those that are not here.

We speak of friends and their fortunes,
&nbsp And of what they did and said,
Till the dead alone seem living,
&nbsp And the living alone seem dead.

And at last we hardly distinguish
&nbsp Between the ghosts and the guests;
And a mist and shadow of sadness
&nbsp Steals over our merriest jests.

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