Travellers’ Song + 

Bands of dark and bands of light + 

Lie athwart the homeward way; + 

Now we cross a belt of Night, + 

Now a strip of shining Day! + 

Now it is a month of June, + 

Now December’s shivering hour; + 

Now rides high loved memories’ Moon, + 

Now the Dark is dense with power! + 

Summers, winters, days, and nights, + 

Moons, and clouds, they come and go; + 

Joys and sorrows, pains, delights, + 

Hope and fear, and yes and no. + 

All is well: come, girls and boys, + 

Not a weary mile is vain! + 

Hark⁠—dim laughter’s radiant noise! + 

See the windows through the rain! + 