Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CARAVAN, by THEOPHILE GAUTIER


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THE CARAVAN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the world's waste the human caravan
Last Line: There, fainting pilgrim! Lie you down and rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Theo, Le Bon


IN the world's waste the human caravan
Follows the track from which is no return;
Beneath the sun's fierce furnace, scorched and wan,
Forced the sweat drops to drink which on them burn.

The lion roars, the storm breaks loud and stern;
No tent, no tower, in all the plain you scan;
No shade but of the vulture's wing discern,
Hasting to feast on dying beast or man.

Still on and on, until at last is seen,
All unexpected sight, a spot of green,
A cypress wood, with tall white stones around;
To end your toil, God, in Time's weary waste,
Like an oasis, sets a burial ground;
There, fainting pilgrim! lie you down and rest.





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