THE gleam of household sunshine ends, And here no longer can I rest; Farewell! -- You will not speak, my friends, Unfriendly of your parted guest. O well for him that finds a friend, Or makes a friend where'er he come, And loves the world from end to end, And wanders on from home to home! O happy he, and fit to live, On whom a happy home has power To make him trust his life, and give His fealty to the halcyon hour! I count you kind, I hold you true; But what may follow who can tell? Give me a hand -- and you -- and you -- And deem me grateful, and farewell! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARRIAGE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE COASTERS by THOMAS FLEMING DAY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 28. THE WELSH MARCHES by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE OLD GREY MARE by MOTHER GOOSE HALSTED STREET CAR by CARL SANDBURG THE TABLES TURNED by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH FRIAR JEROME'S BEAUTIFUL BOOK; A.D. 1200 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |