I LIKE YOU Met I LOVE You, face to face; <br />The path was narrow, and they could not pass. <br />I LIKE YOU smiled; I LOVE YOU cried, Alas! <br />And so they halted for a little space. <br /> <br />'Turn thou and go before,' I LOVE YOU said, <br />'Down the green pathway, bright with many a flower; <br />Deep in the valley, lo! my bridal bower <br />Awaits thee.' But I LIKE YOU shook his head. <br /> <br />Then while they lingered on the span-wide shelf <br />That shaped a pathway round the rocky ledge, <br />I LIKE You bared his icy dagger's edge, <br />And first he slew I LOVE You,--then himself.<br /><br />Oliver Wendell Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-like-you-and-i-love-you/
