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DON'T STOP AT THE STATION DESPAIR by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER

Poet Analysis

First Line: WE MUST TRUST THE CONDUCTOR, MOST SURELY
Last Line: DON'T STOP AT THE STATION DESPAIR!
Subject(s): HOPE; OPTIMISM;
We must trust the Conductor, most surely;
Why, millions of millions before
Have made this same journey securely
And come to that ultimate shore.
And we, we will reach it in season;
And ah, what a welcome is there!
Reflect then, how out of all reason
To stop at the Station Despair.

Aye, midnights and many a potion
Of bitter black water have we
As we journey from ocean to ocean --
From sea unto ultimate sea --
To that deep sea of seas, and all silence
Of passion, concern and of care --
That vast sea of Eden-set Islands --
Don't stop at the Station Despair!

Go forward, whatever may follow,
Go forward, friend-led, or alone;
Ah me, to leap off in some hollow
Or fen, in the night and unknown --
Leap off like a thief; try to hide you
From angels, all waiting you there!
Go forward; whatever betide you,
Don't stop at the Station Despair!



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