Ballads of Peace in War

ATTAINMENT

    Let me go back again.  There is the road,
    O memory! The humble garden lane
    So young with me.  Let me rebuild again
    The start of faith and hope by that abode;
    Amend with morning freshness all the code
    Of youth's desire; remap my chart's demesne
    With tuneful joy, and plan a far campaign
    For better marches in ambition's mode.

    Ah, no, my heart! More certain now the skies
    For joy abide: the cage of tree and sod,
    Horizons firm that faith and hope attain,
    Far realms of innocence in children's eyes,
    And hearts harmonious with the will of God:—
    These might I miss if I were back again.