THINK, Valentine, as speeding on thy way Homeward, thou hastest light of heart along, If heavily creep on one little day The medley crew of travellers among, Think on thine absent friend: reflect that here On life's sad journey comfortless he roves, Remote from every scene his heart holds dear From him he values, and from her he loves. And when, disgusted with the vain and dull Whom chance companions of thy way may doom, Thy mind, of each domestic comfort full, Turns to itself and meditates on home, Ah, think what cares must ache within his breast Who loathes the lingering road, yet has no home of rest! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BROTHERHOOD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WINTER TREES by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE VOLUNTEER by HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH THE GIANT PUFFBALL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS; OR, NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND by ROBERT BROWNING SONNET: WRITTEN ON THE DAY THAT MR. LEIGH HUNT LEFT PRISON by JOHN KEATS |