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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADVENTURE, by WILLIAM A. PHELON First Line: It's not so much adventure in itself Last Line: If winning makes our days grow dull and stale! Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers | |||
IT'S not so much Adventure in itself That lures us onward and compels our will, It's not so much the actual, glowing deed— It is the thrill of seeking for The Thrill! The actual achievement, when it comes, May disappoint us—may not prove as great As we had hoped—but, oh, the pulsing dreams That paint our visions while we hunt and wait! And so, by land and wave, we seek our quest, Perhaps to win—perhaps, at last, to fail— And, sometimes, we are happier if we lose, If winning makes our days grow dull and stale! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ADVENTURERS by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY MARGUERITE DE ROBERVAL by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY THE PASSING OF CADIEUX by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY WHEN AS A LAD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY WHITE NIGHT by BYRDIE L. MARTIN AT THE ROSEBUD BRIDGE by MARY FRANCES MARTIN ADVENTURES OF KING ROBERT THE BRUCE by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL AN ADVENTURE IN THE LIFE OF KING JAMES V. OF SCOTLAND by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL A FOOL THERE WAS by WILLIAM A. PHELON |
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