ADAM LINDSAY GORDON
(EXCERPT FROM ‘YE WEARIE WAYFARER’)
Question not, but live and labour till yon goal be won,
Helping every feeble neighbour, seeking help from none;
Life is mostly froth and bubble, two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another’s trouble, courage in your own.
Courage, comrades, this is certain, all is for the best—
There are lights behind the curtain—Gentles, let us rest.