Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO ALL THAT LOVE THE FAR AND BLUE, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON


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Last Line: The golden city come in view
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Seeking


To all that love the far and blue:
Whether, from dawn to eve, on foot
The fleeing corners ye pursue,
Nor weary of the vain pursuit;
Or whether down the singing stream,
Paddle in hand, jocund ye shoot,
To splash beside the splashing bream
Or anchor by the willow root:

Or, bolder, from the narrow shore
Put forth, that cedar ark to steer,
Among the seabirds and the roar
Of the great sea, profound and clear;
Or, lastly if in heart ye roam,
Not caring to do else, and hear,
Safe sitting by the fire at home,
Footfalls in Utah or Pamere:

Though long the way, though hard to bear
The sun and rain, the dust and dew;
Though still attainment and despair
Inter the old, despoil the new;
There shall at length, be sure, O friends,
Howe'er ye steer, whate'er ye do''"
At length, and at the end of ends,
The golden city come in view.





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