Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SOCIAL FUTURE, by JOHN KELLS INGRAM


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THE SOCIAL FUTURE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As, with enforced yet unreluctant pace
Last Line: And plann'd the work it will be yours to do.


AS, with enforc'd yet unreluctant pace
We downward move along life's westward slope,
Slow fades the once bright gleam of personal hope,
And larger looms the future of the race;
Our wistful eyes the goodly prospect trace,
Seen through a haze of forecast; there outspread
Lie the fair fields our children's feet shall tread
When we have passed to our abiding place.
Oh! sons and daughters of the coming age,
Give worthy meed of gratitude and praise
To those true souls who, in less happy days,
Have lived for others -- most of all for you, --
Have stored the wealth which is your heritage,
And plann'd the work it will be yours to do.





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