Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAY BY DAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: With staff and shoon I journey Last Line: Fares onward day by day? Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
WITH staff and shoon I journey, Up hill the way I take, Past many a tangled thicket O'ergrown with brier and brake; And oft my feet are weary, And oft my steps are slow, By day by day I'm nearer The land to which I go. The foes who hate my Master Have spread the path with snares, In hope to stay my progress And catch me unawares. But ever to my spirit New light and strength are given, For never hosts of evil Shall bar the road to heaven. Far worse than all temptations That lure me from without Are grewsome clouds and terrors That compass me about. Dear Lord, Thine eye can measure The strife of fears within, And Thou canst guide me safely, Unscathed by shame or sin. With staff and shoon I journey, And still before mine eyes The Lord who goes before me Holds up a radiant prize. And though I faint and falter I yet shall overcome, And win with saints and angels The endless rest at home. And sweet it is when tired Because the way is long, To pause beside a mile-stone And lift a pilgrim's song. For who shall lose his courage However steep the way, Who, with the Lord to help him, Fares onward day by day? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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