The Eternal Three

There are two men in the world,who
are crossing my path i see,
And one is the man i love,
and other's in love with me.

And one exists in the nightly dreams,
of my sombre soul evermore,
And other stands at the door of my heart,
but i will not open the door.

And one once gave me a vernal breath,
of happiness quandered-alack!!
The other gave his whole long life,
and never got an hour back.

And one lives hot in the song of my blood,
where love is pure,unbound,
The other is one with the humdrum day,
where all our dreams are drowned.

Between these two every woman stands,
in love beloved and white-

And once in every hundred years it happens,
that both in one unite...

--tove witlevson