east-west

Anybody who knows the origin and meaning of the following expression:

"East is east and west is west and never shall the twin shall meet"

It's from Rudyard Kipling

http://www.everypoet.com/Archive/poe...t_and_west.htm

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Originally Posted by edvillanueva

Anybody who knows the origin and meaning of the following expression:
"East is east and west is west and never shall the twin shall meet"

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And it should be twain not twin. Old English world which (I think) is equivalent to "both" or "the two".

And it only needs one 'shall'. ;-)