Let's contend no more, Love,
...Strive nor weep:
All be as before, Love,
...--Only sleep!
What so wild as words are?
...I and thou
In debate, as birds are,
...Hawk on bough!
See the creature stalking
...While we speak!
Hush and hide the talking,
...Cheek on cheek!
.....from A Woman's Last Word by Robert Browning (1812-89)
