TOUCH us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream Gently, -- as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream. Humble voyagers are We, Husband, wife, and children three -- (One is lost, -- an angel, fled To the azure overhead.) Touch us gently, Time! We've not proud nor soaring wings: Our ambition, our content, Lies in simple things. Humble voyagers are We, O'er Life's dim, unsounded sea, Seeking only some calm clime; -- Touch us gently, gentle Time! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN HOSPITAL: 10. STAFF NURSE: NEW STYLE by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY SAMSON AGONISTES by JOHN MILTON THE SLEEPER by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE PRINCESS; A MEDLEY by ALFRED TENNYSON COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, 1803 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH YARROW REVISITED by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ECHO SONG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO CYNTHIA GONE INTO THE COUNTRY by PHILIP AYRES SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 30. CHRIST AND WOMAN by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |