Sweden's Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner von Heidenstam/At the End of the Way

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4280102Sweden's Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner von Heidenstam — At the End of the WayCharles Wharton StorkCarl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam
AT THE END OF THE WAY.
Wise, O Man, thou only shalt become
When thou winn'st unto the evening coolness
Of the topmost height, the Earth o'erlooking.
Turn thee at the ending of the way,
Rest an hour, O king, and look behind thee!
All is clear there, all is reconciled,
And the realm of youth once more is gleaming,
Strewn as erst with light and morning dew.