YOU have been far, and I Been farther yet, Since last, in foul or fair An impecunious pair, Below this northern sky Of ours, we met. Now winter nights shall see Again, us two While howls the tempest higher Sit warmly by the fire And dream and plan, as we Were wont to do. And, hand in hand, at large Our thoughts shall walk While storm and gusty rain Again and yet again, Shall drive their noisy charge Across the talk. The pleasant future still Shall smile to me And hope with wooing hands Wave on to fairy lands All over dale and hill And earth and sea. And you who doubt the sky And fear the sun -- You -- @3Christian@1 with the pack -- You shall not wander back For I am @3Hopeful@1 -- I Will cheer you on. Come -- where the great have trod, The great shall lead -- Come, elbow through the press, Pluck Fortune by the dress -- By God, we must -- by God, We shall succeed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DARKNESS OF EGYPT by MARIA ABDY THE EUMENIDES: THE FURIES' PRAYER by AESCHYLUS DIRGE FOR THE LATE JAMES CURRIE, M.D., OF LIVERPOOL by LUCY AIKEN THE COMPLETE MISANTHROPIST by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: HER NAME LIBERTY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT EPITAPH ON A FRIEND by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE AMERICAN BLACK (A STUDY IN RACE CONSCIOUSNESS) by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |