Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOING OUT AND COMING IN, by MARY EVELYN DAVID


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GOING OUT AND COMING IN, by                    
First Line: Going out to fame and triumph
Last Line: Going out and coming in!
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, Mollie E.; Davis, Mollie E. Moore
Subject(s): Homesteaders


Going out to fame and triumph,
Going out to love and light;
Coming in to pain and sorrow,
Coming in to gloom and night.
Going out with joy and gladness,
Coming in with woe and sin;
Ceaseless stream of restless pilgrims
Going out and coming in!

Through the portals of the homestead,
From beneath the blooming vine;
To the trumpet-tones of glory,
Where the bays and laurels twine;
From the lovinh home-caresses
To the chill voice of the world -
Going out with gallant canvas
To the summer breeze unfurled.

Through the gateway, down the footpath,
Through the lilacs by the way;
Through the clover by the meadow,
Where the gentle home-lights stray;
To the wide world of ambition,
Up the toilsome hill of fame,
Winning oft a mighty triumph,
Winning oft a noble name.

Coming back all worn and weary,
Weary with the world's cold breath;
Coming to the dear old homestead,
Coming in to age and death.
Weary of its empty flattery,
Weary of its ceaseless din,
Weary of its heartless sneering,
Coming from the bleak world in.

Going out with hopes of glory,
Coming in with sorrows dark;
Going out with sails all flying,
Coming in with mastless barque.
Restless streams of pilgrims, striving
Wreaths of fame and love to win,
From the doorways of the homestead
Going out and coming in!




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