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| Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935). Collected Poems. 1921. |
| V. The Town Down the River |
| 15. The Wise Brothers |
FIRST VOICE SO long adrift, so fast aground, | |
| What foam and ruin have we found— | |
| We, the Wise Brothers? | |
| Could heaven and earth be framed amiss, | |
| That we should land in fine like this— | 5 |
| We, and no others? | |
SECOND VOICE Convoyed by what accursèd thing | |
| Made we this evil reckoning— | |
| We, the Wise Brothers? | |
| And if the failure be complete, | 10 |
| Why look we forward from defeat— | |
| We, and what others? | |
THIRD VOICE Blown far from harbors once in sight, | |
| May we not, going far, go right,— | |
| We, the Wise Brothers? | 15 |
| Companioned by the whirling spheres, | |
| Have we no more than what appears— | |
| We, and all others? |
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