We Never Said Farewell

 WE never said farewell, nor even looked 
Our last upon each other, for no sign 
Was made when we the linkèd chain unhooked 
And broke the level line. 

And here we dwell together, side by side, 
Our places fixed for life upon the chart. 
Two islands that the roaring seas divide 
Are not more far apart.

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