(@3June 8th, 1913@1) SOLDIER, poet, courtier, He was these and more than these. He must go to find his peer, Over mountains, over seas, To some starry world afar Where the constellations are. Traveller from the realms of gold, Sidney's brother, Raleigh's twin, From this cynic world and old Some strange jest hath placed him in, Eldorado and the morn Unto these he shall return. Whither goest, adventurer? With the East upon thine eyes, Stepping with the old blithesome air On the last splendid enterprise; Who hast heard the piper play Over the hills and far away. Dear Prince Charming, fair and young, 'Scaped from sickness and sad age, Take a blessing and a song When thou goest on pilgrimage, Where the lark goes, high on high, The white road thou travellest by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAUGHTER (YOUTH SPEAKS TO HIS OWN OLD AGE) by CONRAD AIKEN LADY CLARA VERE DE VERE by ALFRED TENNYSON ISN'T IT TRUE! by BERNICE GIBBS ANDERSON AUTUMN; WRITTEN IN THE GROUNDS OF MARTIN COLE, ESQ. by BERNARD BARTON THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: TO THE READER (1) by WILLIAM BASSE UNTIL DEATH by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA |