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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REWARD, by CLYDE MCGEE
First Line: What compensation, then, hast thou to give
Last Line: Then onward, ever onward, still, to strive.
Subject(s): Obedience; Rewards
First Line: What compensation, then, hast thou to give
Last Line: Then onward, ever onward, still, to strive.
Subject(s): Obedience; Rewards
What compensation, then, hast thou to give
To those obedient to thy command
To take the rough, unbroken path; to stand
True to the Higher in their souls; to live
Adventurously, sail uncharted seas,
Midst winds and storms and wrecks, while the wise say:
"These extremists! To throw their lives away!"—
What compensation, then, hast thou for these?
These do not ask for wages, pay at all!
Nor crowded barns to put at ease their souls!
But deeper sense of having been alive!
New light on rugged uplands, and a call,
And strength and will to reach the distant goals,
Then onward, ever onward, still, to strive.
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