DON'T STOP AT THE STATION DESPAIR.
Joaquin Miller
e must trust the Conductor, most surely; - Why, millions of millions before
- Have made this same journey securely
- And come to that ultimate shore.
- And we, we will reach it in season;
- And ah, what a welcome is there!
- Reflect then, how out of all reason
- To stop at the Station Despair.
- Ay, midnights and many a potion
- Of bitter black water have we
- As we journey from ocean to ocean
- From sea unto ultimate sea
- To that deep sea of seas, and all silence
- Of passion, concern and of care
- That vast sea of Eden-set Islands
- Don't stop at the Station Despair!
- Go forward, whatever may follow,
- Go forward, friend-led, or alone;
- Ah me, to leap off in some hollow
- Or fen, in the night and unknown
- Leap off like a thief; try to hide you
- From angels, all waiting you there!
- Go forward; whatever betide you
- Don't stop at the Station Despair!