OH, long-time Friend, 't is many a year since we Took hands together, and came through the morn, When thou and day and I were newly born -- And fair the future looked, and glad and free -- A year as long as whole Eternity -- And full of roses with no stinging thorn, And full of joys that could not be outworn; And time was measureless for thee and me. Long have we fared together, thou and I: Thou hast grown dearer, as old friends must grow: Small wonder if I dread to say good-by When our long pact is over, and I go To enter strange, new worlds beyond the sky, Called by that Power to whom no man saith No. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AUTHOR TO HER BOOK by ANNE BRADSTREET A LITANY OF ATLANTA by WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS A LAST PRAYER by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS by LUCY AIKEN A SHADOW OF THE NIGHT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MAPLE LEAVES by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 32. 'LO! ONE CALLS' by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |