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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VISIONS, by FLORENCE ENGLISH HADDEN
First Line: From childhood days through life, until old age
Last Line: Are vision-born, and prove the vision's worth.
Subject(s): Vision
First Line: From childhood days through life, until old age
Last Line: Are vision-born, and prove the vision's worth.
Subject(s): Vision
From childhood days through life, until old age,
A vision leads, and spurs us on to strive.
With bright mirage ahead, we turn the page
Whose words reflect and keep the dreams alive.
The child sees visions in his happy play:
He looks for fairies in the flowery fields;
He thinks he may be king or prince some day
To lead an army forth that never yields.
In later life more visions call him on --
They always seem to be one step ahead;
He runs to overtake them -- they are gone,
And out of reach! They float as he is led.
Yet all the noblest deeds of men on earth
Are vision-born, and prove the vision's worth.
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