by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965)
Who is the third who walks always beside...
Language: English
Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together But when I look ahead up the white road There is always another one walking beside you Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded I do not know whether a man or a woman -- But who is that on the other side of you?
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First published in Criterion, October 1922Text Authorship:
- by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot (1888 - 1965), no title, appears in The Waste Land , in 5. What the Thunder Said, an excerpt [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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