Poem “The Kingdom Of Love” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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The Kingdom Of Love

In the dawn of the day, when the sea and the earth
  Reflected the sunrise above,
I set forth, with a heart full of courage and mirth,
  To seek for the Kingdom of Love.
I asked of a Poet I met on the way,
  Which cross-road would lead me aright.
And he said: “Follow me, and ere long you will see
  Its glistening turrets of Light.”

And soon in the distance a city shone fair;
  “Look yonder,” he said, “there it gleams!”
But alas! for the hopes that were doomed to despair,
  It was only the Kingdom of Dreams.
Then the next man I asked was a gay cavalier,
  And he said: “Follow me, follow me,”
And with laughter and song we went speeding along
  By the shores of life’s beautiful sea.

Till we came to a valley more tropical far,
  Than the wonderful Vale of Cashmere.
And I saw from a bower a face like a flower,
  Smile out on the gay cavalier.
And he said: “We have come to humanity’s goal–
  Here love and delight are intense.”
But alas! and alas! for the hope of my soul–
  It was only the kingdom of Sense–

As I journeyed more slowly, I met on the road
  A coach with retainers behind,
And they said: “Follow us, for our lady’s abode
  Belongs in the realm you would find.”
‘Twas a grand dame of fashion, a newly-wed bride;
  I followed, encouraged and bold.
But my hope died away, like the last gleams of day,
  For we came to the Kingdom of Gold.

At the door of a cottage I asked a fair maid.
  “I have heard of that Realm,” she replied,
“But my feet never roam from the Kingdom of Home,
  So I know not the way,” and she sighed.
I looked on the cottage, how restful it seemed!
  And the maid was as fair as a dove.
Great light glorified my soul as I cried,
  “Why, home is the Kingdom of Love!”

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