O Who will walk a mile with me Along life's merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee, Who dares to laugh out loud and free, And let his frolic fancy play, Like a happy child, through the flowers gay That fill the field and fringe the way Where he walks a mile with me. And who will walk a mile with me Along life's weary way? A friend whose heart has eyes to see The stars shine out o'er the darkening lea, And the quiet rest at the end o' the day, -- A friend who knows, and dares to say, The brave, sweet words that cheer the way Where he walks a mile with me. With such a comrade, such a friend, I fain would walk till journeys end, Through summer sunshine, winter rain, And then? -- Farewell, we shall meet again! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTERMATH by SIEGFRIED SASSOON SONNET: 20. A FAREWELL by PHILIP SIDNEY EDWIN MORRIS; OR, THE LAKE by ALFRED TENNYSON SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 3 by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY SONNET: 2 by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT |