I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.

I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For who has sight so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of song?

Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.
The arrow and the song represent a friendship between two people. however, the two begin to drift apart, but one day they meet gain and it is like the two had never parted. The poem is obviously relating to a friendship that the author had had and the strong bond created between them. (KD)
The Arrow and the Song