East meets West
One of the emails I received today started with…
In his Ballad of East and West, Rudyard Kipling wrote:
“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.”Few people know the second line to that verse, which actually provides for ultimate reunion:
“Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat.”
Intrigued, I searched for the rest and found the first 4 (and last 4, since they’re the same) lines quite interesting, indeed.
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
How true.
