Crosses and troubles a-many have proved me. One or two women (God bless them!) have loved me. I have worked and dreamed, and I've talked at will. Of art and drink I have had my fill. I've comforted here, and I've succoured there. I've faced my foes, and I've backed my friends. I've blundered, and sometimes made amends. I have prayed for light, and I've known despair. Now I look before, as I look behind, Come storm, come shine, whatever befall, With a grateful heart and a constant mind, For the end I know is the best of all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTLEY by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE MODERN MOTHER by ALICE MEYNELL TO ALISON CUNNINGHAM; FROM HER BOY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MORE WALKS by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM LILIES: 24 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) COUNTRY FELLOWS AND THE ASS; ABSURDITY OF ATTEMPTING TO PLEASE ALL MEN by JOHN BYROM |