Between the dusk of a summer night <br /> And the dawn of a summer day, <br /> We caught at a mood as it passed in flight, <br /> And we bade it stoop and stay. <br /> And what with the dawn of night began <br /> With the dusk of day was done; <br /> For that is the way of woman and man, <br /> When a hazard has made them one. <br /> Arc upon arc, from shade to shine, <br /> The World went thundering free; <br />And what was his errand but hers and mine -- <br /> The lords of him, I and she? <br />O, it's die we must, but it's live we can, <br /> And the marvel of earth and sun <br />Is all for the joy of woman and man <br /> And the longing that makes them one.<br /><br />William Ernest Henley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/between-the-dusk-of-a-summer-night/
