Shall I know thee when thou art changed and glad? Or wilt thou, if thou diest, wander far From me thy poet towards some alien star, That I, in heaven, may even there be sad?— Oh, shall I see the swift wheels of thy car Of glory traversing some distant sky? If that be so, 'tis then that I shall die, Finding how weak death's other arrows are! Or wilt thou be so changed that I shall gaze And know thee not, and seek in vain to mark Some far-off semblance of earth's tender ways? 'Twill hardly be so, though Fate's paths are dark. But, if I know thee not, say, "Love, rejoice!" And I shall know the tremble in thy voice. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JONAS KEENE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ADVICE TO A RAVEN IN RUSSIA by JOEL BARLOW TO MY NOSE by ALFRED HENRY FORRESTER EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: 'EQUALITY OF SACRIFICE' by RUDYARD KIPLING A PROPHECY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR SHERIDAN AT CEDAR CREEK by HERMAN MELVILLE |