"How shall I find it, and which way lies The pathway leading to Paradise?" For dark and long is the road I tread; And its end is lost in the mist ahead. I met a man with a heavy load Toiling along the dusty road. He answered my question in mild surprise: "True work is the pathway to Paradise." I met a group with laughter and song Passing the woodland ways along. They sang their answer: "This way it lies, And joy is the pathway to Paradise." I met a woman and little child. I asked my question. The mother smiled And looked down into her baby's eyes: "Oh, love is the pathway to Paradise." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMIN' THRO' THE RYE by ROBERT BURNS WITH FLOWERS by EMILY DICKINSON A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE LIFE'S LITTLE DAY by MARY BALL ARMSTRONG DISCOVERY OF MADEIRA by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: THE LAST MESSAGE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |