The road to laughter beckons me, The road to all that's best; The home road where I nightly see The castle of my rest; The path where all is fine and fair, And little children run, For love and joy are waiting there As soon as day is done. There is no rich reward of fame That can compare with this: At home I wear an honest name, My lips are fit to kiss. At home I'm always brave and strong, And with the setting sun They find no trace of shame or wrong In anything I've done. There shine the eyes that only see The good I've tried to do; They think me what I'd like to be; They know that I am true. And whether I have lost my fight Or whether I have won, I find a faith that I've been right As soon as day is done. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (1) by GEORGE HERBERT THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS by RUDYARD KIPLING WRITTEN IN ZIMMERMAN'S SOLITUDE by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES VINE DE PUY by LEVI BISHOP JEWELLED OFFERING by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THORALF AND SYNNOV by HJALMAR HJORTH BOYESEN |