18
PARTISAN REVIEW
The heavy drowsy wine of a tropic land
and the sharp bouquet of the northland intermingle
here in this room : these two are held
umbilical to a greater source and destiny,
welded each to each more firmly
than each to his native land.
Their vision
parallels their warmth, transcends all frontiers.
Look at them here at case
relaxed in this plea>ant room:
you will not see them again
together for many years.
Tomorrow each will go
his separate way on the maps of the globe
across great distances, talking, painting,
writing poems, organizing,
welding together South-and North-men,
destroying boundaries.
EDWIN
RoLFE
