Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRAVELLER'S DUTY, by MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD


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TRAVELLER'S DUTY, by                    
First Line: Come day, go day
Last Line: But will not teach us how to do it!
Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips


Come day, go day,
There's sorrow at the end of it.
Turn road, wind road,
There's mystery in the bend of it.
Oh, all the winds of all the worlds
That lose themselves in starry spaces
Can never blow the secret off
That stares at us in common faces.

Life long, life short,
There's love to meet in tears or laughter.
Die soon, die late,
There's Grandsir Death to walk with, after.
And be you great or be you small,
There's no way out but going through it.
Oh, curious fate that makes us live,
But will not teach us how to do it!





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