THE DAYS grow shorter, the nights grow longer; The headstones thicken along the way; And life grows sadder, but love grows stronger For those who walk with us day by day. The tear comes quicker, the laugh comes slower; The courage is lesser to do and dare; And the tide of joy in the heart falls lower, And seldom covers the reefs of care. But all true things in the world seem truer, And the better things of earth seem best, And friends are dearer, as friends are fewer, And love is all as our sun dips west. Then let us clasp hands as we walk together, And let us speak softly in low, sweet tone, For no man knows on the morrow whether We two pass on -- or but one alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DAWN BEHIND NIGHT by ISAAC ROSENBERG CALIFORNIA CITY LANDSCAPE by CARL SANDBURG ODE TO EVENING by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) THE OLD MAN'S WISH by WALTER POPE BREAK OF DAY IN THE TRENCHES by ISAAC ROSENBERG FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTERS SOLD INTO BONDAGE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |