Envoy by Francis Thompson
b"Thompson read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nEnvoy\\nby Francis Thompson\\n\\nGo, songs, for ended is our brief, sweet play;\\nGo, children of swift joy and tardy sorrow:\\nAnd some are sung, and that was yesterday,\\nAnd some unsung, and that may be to-morrow.\\n\\nGo forth; and if it be o'er stony way,\\nOld joy can lend what newer grief must borrow:\\nAnd it was sweet, and that was yesterday,\\nAnd sweet is sweet, though purchas-ed with sorrow.\\n\\nGo, songs, and come not back from your far way:\\nAnd if men ask you why ye smile and sorrow,\\nTell them ye grieve, for your hearts know To-day,\\nTell them ye smile, for your eyes know To-morrow."