"How shall I find it, and which way lies The pathway leading to Paradise?" For dark and long is the road I tread; And its end is lost in the mist ahead. I met a man with a heavy load Toiling along the dusty road. He answered my question in mild surprise: "True work is the pathway to Paradise." I met a group with laughter and song Passing the woodland ways along. They sang their answer: "This way it lies, And joy is the pathway to Paradise." I met a woman and little child. I asked my question. The mother smiled And looked down into her baby's eyes: "Oh, love is the pathway to Paradise." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF GENERAL GOURAUD by ROBERTA BALFOUR THE WASHER WOMAN'S SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE THE COLOSSI OF THE PLAIN by MATHILDE BLIND OF ONE REMEMBERED by ELIZABETH COPMANN CHRISTIANITY AND WAR by ERNEST HOWARD CROSBY A POOR NATURAL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |