Prolong the meeting out of good nature
Obvious in each agreeable feature.
Calling of each other by name,
Smiling, taking a willing arm,
Has the companionship of a game.
But should the walk do more than this
Out of bravado or drunkenness,
Forward or back are menaces.
On neither side let foot slip over,
Invading Always, exploring Never,
For this is hate and this is fear.
On narrowness stand, for sunlight is
Brightest only on surfaces;
No anger, no traitor, but peace.
--WHA. June 1929.
