At Long Last

Late, late, the prize is drawn, the goal attained,

The Heart’s Desire fulfilled, Love’s guerdon gained.

Wealth’s use is past, Fame’s crown of laurel mocks

The downward-drooping head and grizzled locks.

The end is reached-the end of toil and strife-

The end of life.

Love flowers and fades like grass, and flowers again;

The spendthrift lovers waste themselves in vain;

Their fiery passions burn out one by one,

And then, alas! when their best days are done,

Spirit and body find their perfect mate-

So late! So late!

Long-sought, long seeking, through the lonely years,

The wanderers meet to weep their useless tears

For time and chance irrevocably flown,

Dear hopes outlived and happy faiths outgrown,

Children unborn, the myriad joys unseen

That might have been.

Not for the spring and morning-time of youth

The perfect flower of slow-unfolding truth,

The perfect love, that dreams of youth foretell,

But youth knows not and youth could never tell;

That light celestial, as of sunset fires

When day expires.

Late comes the gift that crowns the hungry quest,

Like ripe wheat-harvest in a land at rest,

And comes alone, a consecrated cup,

To those proved worthy to sit down and sup.

To them-aye, aye, despite their treasure lost,

‘T’is worth the cost.

‘T’is worth the cost to reach the heights at last,

Ere eyes are dim and daylight overpast.

To see one aim achieved, one dream fulfilled,

Ere striving brain and trusting heart are stilled.

To live one glorious hour-its price of pain

Is never paid in vain.

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Poems in English 

• The Scarecrow by Ross D Tyler by Poetry In English
• The (REAL) Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare by Ross D Tyler by Poetry In English
• The missing pen by Ross D Tyler by Poetry In English
• The Appointment by Ruth Padel by Poetry In English
• Ten Years After by Graham Rowlands by Poetry In English
• Telescopes In The Square by Graham Rowlands by Poetry In English
• South Africa by Ronald G. Auguste by Poetry In English
• Shattered Dreams. Broken Promises. by Russell James by Poetry In English
• Savour Your Life by Ronald G. Auguste by Poetry In English
• Rosslyn To The Prime Minister by Graham Rowlands by Poetry In English
• Writing to Onegin by Ruth Padel by Poetry In English
• Icicles round a Tree in Dumfriesshire by Ruth Padel by Poetry In English
• Pan’s Lament by Rose Mary Boehm by Poetry In English
• On The Menu by Graham Rowlands by Poetry In English
• Night by Ruth Padel by Poetry In English
• Nanna by Ross D Tyler by Poetry In English
• My Views of Man by Ronald G. Auguste by Poetry In English
• Multi-Miners & Co. Present Ned Kelly by Graham Rowlands by Poetry In English
• Miss Worthington by Rose Mary Boehm by Poetry In English
• Meant To Be by Russ Pergram by Poetry In English

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Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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