Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NEW YEAR'S QUEST, by HARRIET ALLEYNE RICE First Line: Another milestone passed along the road Last Line: Take up the endless life in a new birth. Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; Wellesley College | ||||||||
ANOTHER milestone passed along the road, A forward step into the bleak unknown, A fresh accounting with tasks left undone, And loins firm girded for the weary load. What is this quest which drives us like a goad? The same long path urges in monotone, The same long years stretch drearily and lone, And oft we fail to reap what Time has sowed. O road that leadeth ever toward the West, Shall we, at journey's end our burthens lay On the broad bosom of dark Mother Earth And fare unto an everlasting rest? Rest we shall not! But in a clearer day Take up the endless life in a new birth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES WRITTEN TO A TRANSLATOR OF GREEK POETRY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON THE LESSER BEAUTY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON WORK by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON IN MEMORY: MISS JEWETT by GRACE ALLERTON ANDREWS HERE ENTER NOT by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON I CLEANED MY HOUSE TODAY by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON MY GARDEN by KATHARINE CANBY BALDERSTON PENT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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