IF you should meet with one who strays Beyond the walls of peace, Who spends the passion of his days In dreams that never cease, Oh yell him that the outcast ways Find no release. If you should look into his eyes, And see the shadow there Of his dear City's towers and skies, Where once his heart lay bare, Oh tell him those who are most wise Their vision spare. If you should see him turn and wait, Fast bound by his desire, Beyond the walls disconsolate, In dreams that never tire, Oh tell him that the city gate Is barred by fire. No other torches shall divide The roads for his release, Oh tell him they stretch dark and wide, Long roads that never cease, If you should meet with one outside The walls of peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AELLA: MINSTREL'S MARRIAGE-SONG by THOMAS CHATTERTON THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN A TOMB BY THE SEA by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS UNSEASONABLE SNOWS by ALFRED AUSTIN SONNET: DREAM-LOVE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE MYSTERIOUS GUEST by FOWLER BRADNACK |