O you tender ones, walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past, Upon your cheeks let it tremble and part; behind you it will tremble together again. O you blessed ones, you who are whole, you who seem the beginning of hearts, bows for the arrows and arrows' targets-- tear-bright, your lips more eternally smile. Don't be afraid to suffer; return that heaviness to the earth's own weight; heavy are the mountains, heavy the seas. Even the small trees you planted as children have long since become too heavy; you could not carry them now. But the winds...But the spaces… | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOUNDARIES OF APPRECIATION by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO A YOUNG MAN ON THE PLATFORM OF A SUBWAY EXPRESS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS SEADRIFT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH CHINA 1937 by LAURA FRANCES ALEXANDER SONG: THE DEATH OF THE ROSE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE DIVAGATOR by GAMALIEL BRADFORD THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. ETERNAL HUNGER by EDWARD CARPENTER |