[Vision2020] The House by the Side of the Road

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Fri May 7 04:59:37 PDT 2021


The House by the Side of the Road
 
by Sam Walter Foss
There are hermit souls that live withdrawn 
In the peace of their self-content; 
There are souls, like stars, that dwell apart, 
In a fellowless firmament; 
There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths 
Where highways never ran;— 
But let me live by the side of the road 
And be a friend to man. 

Let me live in a house by the side of the road, 
Where the race of men go by— 
The men who are good and the men who are bad, 
As good and as bad as I. 
I would not sit in the scorner’s seat, 
Or hurl the cynic’s ban;— 
Let me live in a house by the side of the road 
And be a friend to man. 

I see from my house by the side of the road, 
By the side of the highway of life, 
The men who press with the ardor of hope, 
The men who are faint with the strife. 
But I turn not away from their smiles nor their tears— 
Both parts of an infinite plan;— 
Let me live in my house by the side of the road 
And be a friend to man. 

I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead 
And mountains of wearisome height; 
That the road passes on through the long afternoon 
And stretches away to the night. 
But still I rejoice when the travelers rejoice, 
And weep with the strangers that moan, 
Nor live in my house by the side of the road 
Like a man who dwells alone. 

Let me live in my house by the side of the road 
Where the race of men go by— 
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they arestrong, 
Wise, foolish— so am I. 
Then why should I sit in the scorner’s seat 
Or hurl the cynic’s ban?— 
Let me live in my house by the side of the road 
And be a friend to man. 

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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”
- Roy E. Stolworthy
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