Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — UNSEEN TRAVELERS [ARTICLE]

UNSEEN TRAVELERS

I met many travelers Who the road had surely kept; They saw not my fine revellers — Those had crossed them while they slept. ~ . Some had heard their fair report, . In the country or the court. Fleetest courtiers alive Never yet could once arrive As they went or-they returned. At the house where these sojourned. Sometimes their strong speed they slacken, Though they are not overtaken; In'sleep their jubilant troop is nearIn tuneful voices overhear; It may be in the wood or waste— _ As unawares *tls come and past. Their near camp my spirit knows By signs, gracious as rainbows. I thenceforward and long after Listen to their harplike laughter, x And carry in my heart for days Peace that hallows rudest ways. —Emerson.