Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FORERUNNER, by THOMAS STURGE MOORE


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First Line: Virgin, afar, those snowfields tower!
Last Line: Have let all go without a sigh.
Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, T. Sturge


VIRGIN, afar, those snowfields tower!
And who so bold to limit hope
Before he there hath lain an hour,
And thence surveyed each weary slope?

Man's spirit has alone been there,
There waits for us with welcoming eyes.
Heartened by our resolve to front
Life's drizzling cant and sleet of lies,

He ran before us; yea, he is
The flower of our daring; we
Gave him that quick sure foot and itch
To tackle sheer immensity.

We stumble and are left behind;
We toil, our strength breaks, and we die;
Yet those, whose loss meant gain for him,
Have let all go without a sigh.





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