Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLOUD-CLIMBING, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Be not discouraged, loved and struggling soul Last Line: I almost think my heart of hearts will break. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. | ||||||||
BE not discouraged, loved and struggling soul! The light is hazy, and the way is cold; Yet warmth shall come with climbing; and behold, There shall be light transcendent at the goal. Be not discouraged! though a hundred times Your foot has slipt upon the upward way; The clouds of life are rounded toward the day, And he is nearest heaven who longest climbs. Be not discouraged! I am grown one prayer That courage never fail you; lest the mist And gust of circumstance should, wreathing, twist Your slackened foothold from the aspiring stair. You shall not fail! Where billowed cloud is spread, Your strenuous aspiration has my will To second its intent, until -- until I see you vanish from me overhead. I would have followed for your very sake, But all my strength was spent to help you, dear; And when your victory is safe and clear, I almost think my heart of hearts will break. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DISMISSAL by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON AT SABBATH DOWN by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON BEES IN CLOVER; A SONG by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON BOUGHT WITH A PRICE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON DEDICATION TO POEMS, LYRICS AND SONNETS by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON DINNER by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON GOLD AND STEEL; THE ANSWER by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON HATED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON HOPE DEFERRED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON HOPE PREFERRED by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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