|
|
Obligation
We must go on. We cannot go back The way we're on is a beaten track Which comes up out of the yesterday, And the footprints on it all point one way.
We must go on and on and on Up the self-same way other men have gone; And we must find by the sign they've spread The better way to the days ahead.
Trees they've planted must gave us shade; We must cross streams on the bridges made By them; and win where the heights are raised By going trails they have found and blazed.
By pathways blazed and by paving spread We can go on till we forge ahead Past the farthest bounds their feet have gone, And up new paths may go on and on.
But past those bounds we must set out trees ; We must pave the way for another's ease; We must bridge the gorge where our way has gone That other men may go on and on.
|