Birthdays are milestones, So poets have said; When passing the milestones We're going ahead. And it's not how many We pass on the way, But what we have done As we journey each day, That makes up our record When—earth-life all done— We reach the last milestone At setting of sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CHAM TOWERS AT DA NANG by KAREN SWENSON SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE WILD SWANS AT COOLE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE PATRIOTIC MERCHANT PRINCE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO MARY; OCCASIONED BY HER HAVING ENGRAVED ON A SEAL 'FORGET ME NOT' by BERNARD BARTON |