OH, to be glad as a bird! Never to be put out! Not to be ruffled by look or word, But both to meet like the bluest day That charms the world in May! Oh, to live on and on! Travel the world about, As cloud sails or as sails a swan, When skies are blue and waters bright Bearing serene delight! Bearing a smile like the sun, Break on to-day and to-morrow, Soothing the eyes of sorrow, And giving a cause for none! This is to be a queen or a king, Not of countries but hearts; This is to conquer everything At home, not foreign parts. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECRECY PROTESTED by THOMAS CAREW THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, 1803 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 7. ON THE USE OF POETRY by MARK AKENSIDE TWO GRANDMOTHERS by IRENE ARCHER THE GOOD SHEPHERD WITH THE KID by MATTHEW ARNOLD IN ANSWER TO QUESTION FROM GREEK GRAMMAR: WHAT FUTURES SPEAK by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |