Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="THE_MAKING_UP" id="THE_MAKING_UP"></SPAN>The Making Up</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">W</span>E quarrel and make up again,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And then some day,<br/></span> <span class="i0">We quarrel, and forget, straightway,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The making up.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The first harsh word comes tremblingly&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">We shame to fling<br/></span> <span class="i0">It forth&mdash;Ah me! ’twill wound and sting<br/></span> <span class="i0">What we hold dear.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Ashamed and penitent we cry<br/></span> <span class="ig">“Forgive!” and kiss;<br/></span> <span class="i0">There is a wealth of joy and bliss<br/></span> <span class="i0">In making up.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The next harsh word comes easier,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Till by-and-by,<br/></span> <span class="i0">We think it foolishness to cry<br/></span> <span class="i0">For peace again.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The discord swells in every line,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And soon we grow<br/></span> <span class="i0">So used to it we hardly know<br/></span> <span class="i0">The once sweet air.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">We quarrel and make up again<br/></span> <span class="i0">And then some day<br/></span> <span class="i0">We quarrel and forget, straightway,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The making up.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_180" id="page_180"></SPAN>{180}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />