Though we seek to gather gold, Loaded down with yellow honey, Thinking joy is something sold We can buy who have the money, As we near the final mile Then we always learn, my brother, All we have in life worth while Is each other. Though we seek the world for friends, Though the universe we wander, Happiness begins and ends Here at home, not over yonder. Wife or husband, daughter, son, Mother, father, sister, brother -- These our wealth, our only one, Just each other. Not so long the life of man, Not so strong the fragile tether; Let us spend the time we can, All the time we can, together: Parted all the busy years, Till we meet to bury Mother -- Shall we nothing have but tears For each other? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GHOSTS OF A LUNATIC ASYLUM by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET AUGUST FIRST by HAYDEN CARRUTH CAPPER KAPLINSKI AT THE NORTH SIDE CUE CLUB by HAYDEN CARRUTH AFTERGLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LOVE'S TENDRILS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUTH'S PROGENY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MARTHA WASHINGTON by SIDNEY LANIER |