We Two—how Long We Were Fool'd.

WE TWO—HOW LONG WE WERE FOOL'D.

WE two—how long we were fool'd! Now transmuted, we swiftly escape, as Nature escapes; We are Nature—long have we been absent, but now we
return; We become plants, leaves, foliage, roots, bark; We are bedded in the ground—we are rocks; We are oaks—we grow in the openings side by side; We browse—we are two among the wild herds, spon-
taneous as any; [ begin page 115 ]

ppp.00270.117.jpg We are two fishes swimming in the sea together; We are what the locust blossoms are—we drop scent
around the lanes, mornings and evenings; We are also the coarse smut of beasts, vegetables,
minerals; We are two predatory hawks—we soar above, and look
down; We are two resplendent suns—we it is who balance
ourselves, orbic and stellar—we are as two
comets; We prowl fang'd and four-footed in the woods—we
spring on prey; We are two clouds, forenoons and afternoons, driving
overhead; We are seas mingling—we are two of those cheerful
waves, rolling over each other, and interwetting
each other; We are what the atmosphere is, transparent, receptive,
pervious, impervious: We are snow, rain, cold, darkness—we are each product
and influence of the globe; We have circled and circled till we have arrived home
again—we two have; We have voided all but freedom, and all but our own
joy.

Part of the cluster CHILDREN OF ADAM.