English poetry

PoetsBiographiesPoems by ThemesRandom Poem
The Rating of PoetsThe Rating of Poems

Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson


Farewell


Farewell, and when forth
I through the Golden Gates to Golden Isles
Steer without smiling, through the sea of smiles,
Isle upon isle, in the seas of the south,
Isle upon island, sea upon sea,
Why should I sail, why should the breeze?
I have been young, and I have counted friends.
A hopeless sail I spread, too late, too late.
Why should I from isle to isle
Sail, a hopeless sailor?



Robert Louis Stevenson


Robert Louis Stevenson's other poems:
  1. Requiem
  2. I Know Not How, But As I Count
  3. Songs of Travel and Other Verses. 13. Mater Triumphans
  4. About the Sheltered Garden Ground
  5. Songs of Travel and Other Verses. 4. IN dreams, unhappy, I behold you stand


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • Sydney Dobell Farewell ("Can I see thee stand")
  • Anne Brontë Farewell ("Farewell to thee! but not farewell")
  • Caroline Lamb Farewell ("Ah! frown not thus-nor turn from me")
  • James Lowell Farewell ("Farewell! as the bee round the blossom")
  • Alice Dunbar-Nelson Farewell ("Farewell, sweetheart, and again farewell")

    Poem to print Print

    3669 Views



    Last Poems


    To Russian version


  • Ðåéòèíã@Mail.ru

    English Poetry. E-mail eng-poetry.ru@yandex.ru