I do not seek for worldly fame, I only wish to write my name And live within thy heart, That children and grandchildren may Walk with me still along life's way Long after I depart; That future generations may Take up the book and sometimes say His soul lives with us yet, For we walk with him day by day And ponder truth along the way— The heart doth not forget. 'Tis not in mausoleum stones Wherein doth lie man's sacred bones That memory shall live; Not in accumulated gold, Worldly success with wealth untold, 'Tis what man's soul doth give. If thou shouldst scan these pages o'er And some thought lead through Heaven's door And thou shouldst not depart, Then I shall not have lived in vain For in Christ's love I live again Within thy pulsing heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BRUCE AND THE SPIDER by BERNARD BARTON CHARITAS NIMIA; OR THE DEAR BARGAIN by RICHARD CRASHAW CHANSON INNOCENTE: 1, FR. TULIPS by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 9 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN UNMANIFEST DESTINY by RICHARD HOVEY THE MARTYR; INDICATIVE OF PASSION OF PEOPLES APRIL 15, 1865 by HERMAN MELVILLE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 15 by OMAR KHAYYAM |