Mezzo Cammin
by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Half of my life is gone, and I have let
The years slip from me and have not fulfilled
The aspiration of my youth, to build
Some tower of song with lofty parapet.
Not indolence, nor pleasure, nor the fret
Of restless passions chat would not be stilled,
But sorrow, and a care that almost killed,
Kept me from what I may accomplish yet;
Though, half way up the hill, I see the Past
Lying beneath me with its sounds and sights,--
A city in the twilight dim and vast,
With smoking roofs, soft bells, and gleaming lights.--
And hear above me on the autumnal blast
The cataract of Death far thundering from the heights.
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Psalm Of Life, A
Moonlight
My Lost Youth
Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, The
Day Is Gone, The
Hymn To The Night
Afternoon In February
April Day, An
Endymion
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