Come stranger, walk this path with me tonight:
Take pleasure in the dark – come – take the air!
Let my hand lead yours, your eyes hold back your fright,
Remove all doubt, release your burdened care.
Come, stranger, your buckling legs are too slow,
Your face as wan as milk within a pail:
We have a distance on this path to go,
A journey you did promise without fail.
Stranger! To sit and weep is misery -
Yours, not mine, for this way I know too well:
Take heart, you’ve been unchained, set free,
By the faint tolling of that distant bell.
Stranger ! Your dream is done and now we leave:
Let others weep for you, let others grieve!
2001
This sonnet imagines death taking the reluctant soul on its final journey
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Comment by Anonymous
this poem got me thikin about what happens once we get to heaven
Posted on: February 17th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
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Comment by Anonymous
………… wow……………. wat mre is to think
Posted on: April 1st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
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Comment by katie
I used this poem for my Year 8 English assigment. It was so good. Itmakes me wonder who is out there! The only thing thatwould help me would probley be knowing the name of the person who wrotethe poem.
Good work.
Thanks xx
Posted on: April 28th, 2009 at 3:15 am
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Comment by Anonymous
u SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on: May 8th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
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Comment by Desiree
Hey, yr scary poem is great! You can make more scary poems.
Posted on: July 1st, 2009 at 3:15 am
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Comment by Anonymous
wow this got me thinking
Posted on: August 10th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
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Comment by sean
Ur rhyme scheme was sloppy and a lot of the words seemed forced. Also you used many cliches that other people have used for centuries. But the idea was interesting and the concept sound, fairly good imagery.
****Valid **** Have editted it back to the original
RM
Posted on: September 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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Comment by Anonymous
didnt quiet ge it
Posted on: December 13th, 2009 at 9:14 am
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Comment by Anonymous
Poe’s poems r better
Posted on: December 29th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
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Comment by Monzie97
hmmmm………… it was okaaay but could do better
Posted on: February 25th, 2010 at 12:38 am
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Comment by Ryan Burgess
do not lik it
Posted on: April 12th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
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Comment by kharnayah
its sooo botring and i dont like it..! soryy..! :L xx
Posted on: June 16th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
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Comment by admin
You’re right. It’s not my best. But hey ho, I put it on the site. I might remove it later.
Posted on: June 21st, 2011 at 8:56 am
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Comment by Anonymous
Some of you all are mean and immature. Obviously no one compares to Poe and I don’t think the author was trying to compete. It is a good poem and I don’t think it should be removed.
Posted on: October 19th, 2011 at 10:03 am
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Comment by Kewin Hatlas
This is overwhelming, it has been a great inspiration to my school year 10 assignment. If you do not like this poem then it must be because you cannot read because this is simply blameless.
Posted on: October 21st, 2011 at 1:26 pm
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Comment by tulika pusalkar
It helps my studies !!!!!!!!
thanxx!!!
Posted on: January 9th, 2012 at 10:01 am