Hearty and hale and free, After my life is gone, Mad with desire to be, My dream rushes on. Into some other heart, Dominating its beat, Making a man apart, Controlling his heat. What have I done for the dream? Have I changed its force? Have the winds of my self-esteem Altered its course? All that a man can do, Bound to the common way, Seeking the strange and the true For a year and a day? Given creative fire And power to pursue, I might have accomplished my soul's desire... What did I do! Rush on, rush on, my dream, Into another one; May he in some way redeem The wrong I have done. A greater beauty, A larger zeal, A common duty That all may feel; A unified art And a master theme: Create them, oh heart That inherits my dream! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CURTAIN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GOSSAMER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHRISTMAS AT INDIAN POINT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FLEMING HELPHENSTINE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A BALLAD OF WHITECHAPEL by ISAAC ROSENBERG |