Like tropic isles within Life's sea Where pleasant breezes blow, Like oases in desert wastes Where cooling waters flow; So are the friendships of the earth, That kindred spirits know, As they pursue Life's rugged way While pilgrims here below. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLACK COTTAGE by ROBERT FROST TRAFALGAR SQUARE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE MALDIVE SHARK by HERMAN MELVILLE FARM-YARD SONG by JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE HILLS by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE TO MARY; OCCASIONED BY HER HAVING ENGRAVED ON A SEAL 'FORGET ME NOT' by BERNARD BARTON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER (DEDICATED TO MISS ELLA F. KENNEDY) by SARA S. BASHEFKIN |