ACROSS the brook of Time man leaping goes On stepping-stones of epochs, that uprise Fixed, memorable, midst broad shallow flows Of neutrals, kill-times, sleeps, indifferencies. So mixt each morn and night rise salient heaps: Som cross with but a zigzag, jaded pace From meal to meal: some with convulsive leaps Shake the green tussocks of malign disgrace: And some advance by system and deep art O'er vantages of wealth, place, learning, tact. But thou within thyself, dear manifold heart, Dost bind all epochs in one dainty Fact. Oh, sweet, my pretty sum of history, I leapt the breadth of Time in loving thee! BALTIMORE, 1874 - 5. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARAGRAPHS: 16 by HAYDEN CARRUTH A PLANTATION BACCHANAL by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DAT GAL O' MINE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE YOUNG WARRIOR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON NIGHT AND DAY: 4 by ISAAC ROSENBERG |