| Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935). Collected Poems. 1921. |
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| V. The Town Down the River |
| 27. The Companion |
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| LET him answer as he will, | |
| Or be lightsome as he may, | |
| Now nor after shall he say | |
| Worn-out words enough to kill, | |
| Or to lull down by their craft, | 5 |
| Doubt, that was born yesterday, | |
| When he lied and when she laughed. | |
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| Let him find another name | |
| For the starlight on the snow, | |
| Let him teach her till she know | 10 |
| That all seasons are the same, | |
| And all sheltered ways are fair,— | |
| Still, wherever she may go, | |
| Doubt will have a dwelling there. | |
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