BELOVED friend, who living many years With sightless eyes raised vainly to the sun, Didst learn to keep thy patient soul in tune To visible nature's elemental cheers! God has not caught thee to new hemispheres Because thou wast aweary of this one; -- I think thine angel's patience first was done, And that he spake out with celestial tears, 'Is it enough, dear God? then lighten so This soul that smiles in darkness!' Steadfast friend, Who never didst my heart or life misknow, Nor either's faults too keenly apprehend, -- How can I wonder when I see thee go To join the Dead found faithful to the end? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD by RANDALL PARRISH IN AN ARTIST'S STUDIO by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SUICIDE IN THE TRENCHES by SIEGFRIED SASSOON INDIFFERENCE by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY SUNDAY UP THE RIVER: 15 by JAMES THOMSON (1834-1882) THE MORAL FABLES: THE PROLOG by AESOP PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 77. AL-MUTAHALI by EDWIN ARNOLD |