THE gleam of household sunshine ends, And here no longer can I rest; Farewell! -- You will not speak, my friends, Unfriendly of your parted guest. O well for him that finds a friend, Or makes a friend where'er he come, And loves the world from end to end, And wanders on from home to home! O happy he, and fit to live, On whom a happy home has power To make him trust his life, and give His fealty to the halcyon hour! I count you kind, I hold you true; But what may follow who can tell? Give me a hand -- and you -- and you -- And deem me grateful, and farewell! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO ETHIOPIA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER (2) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE INNOCENT MAGICIAN; OR, A CHARM AGAINST LOVE by PHILIP AYRES FALLING STARS by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |