Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PILGRIM, by FREDERIC FAIRCHILD SHERMAN


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A PILGRIM, by                    
First Line: Since first I started toward the goal
Last Line: Indeed the last one there.


Since first I started toward the goal
I often pause and pray
For strength as mother said I should
When traveling away.

And, one by one, my eager friends
Who hurried on before
Have fallen, and for God I bear
The burdens that they bore.

So, as I struggle with the weight
Of other people's care,
I am content if I shall be
Indeed the last one there.





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