With eager eyes I fondly gaze Into the dim and future days, Wondering what's in store for me In those days that are to be. What new fields of work shall I Enter in the by and by? What new lessons learn, and how? This I wish I knew just now. Shall I new friends ever meet In those days, and fondly greet? Will they prove as kind and true As those friends that once I knew? How will look the dear old home In the days that are to come; Will it be as dear alway To me as it is to-day? Shall I ever miss the faces, Miss the loving, kind embraces Of my father and my mother, Of my sister and my brother? Well, those days we cannot know! And it is best He wills it so; Enough it is for our ken What now is and what has been. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GODS OF THE COPYBOOK HEADINGS by RUDYARD KIPLING MARTHY VIRGINIA'S HAND [SEPTEMBER 17, 1862] by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP SONNET: 9. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY by JOHN MILTON SONNET: 25 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE SUMMER BY THE LAKESIDE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |