Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET, by ERON DUNBAR ROWLAND


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First Line: Dear heart, how often did we speak of this
Last Line: The hardihood and courage to go on.
Subject(s): Hope; Optimism


Dear heart, how often did we speak of this:
That we should one day come to a fair place
Where, after all the journey's heat and stress
We had endured, we should find rest and peace;
How eagerly we struck out on the road
Gathering posies as we traveled on,
Grieving, at times, to see how bruised and hard
Our hands and feet against the rocks had grown.

And now that we must see to pick our way,
And fearful of the coming on of night,
Finding our pathway stonier each day
With nowhere still a place to rest in sight,
Let us be thankful all that we have won
The hardihood and courage to go on.





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