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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE STEVENSON FOUNTAIN (PORTSMOUTH SQUARE, SAN FRANCISCO), by WALLACE IRWIN Poet's Biography
First Line: Perhaps from out the thousands passing by
Last Line: And draw contentment from a cup of tears!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ginger; Hashimura Togo
Subject(s): Fountains; Grief; San Francisco; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Perhaps from out the thousands passing by
Last Line: And draw contentment from a cup of tears!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ginger; Hashimura Togo
Subject(s): Fountains; Grief; San Francisco; Sorrow; Sadness
PERHAPS from out the thousands passing by—
The City's hopeless lotos-eaters these,
Blown by the four winds of the seven seas
From common want to common company—
Perhaps someone may lift a heavy eye
And see, dream-blown across his memories,
Those golden pennons bellying in the breeze
And spread for ports where fair adventures lie.
And O! that such a one may stay a space
And taste of sympathy, till to his ears
Might come the tale of him who knew the grace
To suffer sweetly through the bitter years;
To catch the smile concealed in Fortune's face
And draw contentment from a cup of tears!
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