Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem/sonnet: A Shadow

Birds of Passage by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A BOOK OF SONNETS - A Shadow
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A Shadow I said unto myself, if I were dead, What would befall these children? What would be Their fate, who now are looking up to me For help and furtherance? Their lives, I said, Would be a volume wherein I have read But the first chapters, and no longer see To read the rest of their dear history, So full of beauty and so full of dread. Be comforted; the world is very old, And generations pass, as they have passed, A troop of shadows moving with the sun; Thousands of times has the old tale been told; The world belongs to those who come the last, They will find hope and strength as we have done. Content of A BOOK OF SONNETS: A Shadow [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem collection: Birds of Passage] Read next: A BOOK OF SONNETS#A Nameless Grave Read previous: A BOOK OF SONNETS#The Tides Table of content of Birds of Passage GO TO TOP OF SCREEN Post your review Your review will be placed after the table of content of this book

Birds of Passage by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow