Two poets were born where the skies were fair, <br />To live in the land thereafter; <br />And one was a singer of sorrow and care, <br />And one was a bard of laughter. <br /> <br />With simple measure and simple word, <br />The feelings of mankind voicing – <br />And light hearts listened and sad hearts heard, <br />And they went on their way rejoicing. <br /> <br />The glad rejoiced that the world was gay – <br />Who took no thought of the morrow- <br />And it ever has lightened the sad hearts’ way <br />To hear of another’s’ sorrow. <br /> <br />The poets died when none were aware, <br />(For no one could see the token) <br />That light of heart was the bard of care, <br />But the heart of the other was broken.<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-two-poets/
