Is it worth while, dear, now, To call for bells, and sally forth arrayed For marriage-rites - discussed, descried, delayed So many years? Is it worth while, dear, now, To stir desire for old fond purposings, By feints that Time still serves for dallyings, Though quittance nears? Is it worth while, dear, when The day being so far spent, so low the sun, The undone thing will soon be as the done, And smiles as tears? Is it worth while, dear, when Our cheeks are worn, our early brown is gray; When, meet or part we, none says yea or nay, Or heeds, or cares? Is it worth while, dear, since We still can climb old Yell'ham's wooded mounds Together, as each season steals its rounds And disappears? Is it worth while, dear, since As mates in Mellstock churchyard we can lie, Till the last crash of all things low and high Shall end the spheres? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW, OF SADDLEBACK IN CUMBERLAND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE TWO MYSTERIES by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MY BIRD by EMILY CHUBBUCK JUDSON THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL, 1861 by LUCY LARCOM THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |