Move along, brother! The way may be long, But yonder's the sunshine And here is the song. Move along, brother! The rain-bow is red; The clouds with the shadows And darkness have fled. Move along, brother! The turn of the lane! Here's laughing for weeping And pleasure for pain! The Sage. Removed from pygmy ways afar, He feels the heft of sun and star,-- He traces winding paths that go Beyond the ways that dullards know, And sails swift thoughts across the seas Of God's unsailed immensities. His vision sees the First and Last To present smallness welded fast, And he beholds with prophet eye The brotherhood of earth and sky, And, when Time's voyage wild is o'er The lights upon the farther shore! Still Onward. What if the paths be dark and shadowed still The summit roads and hope hides in eclipse! Beyond the tangled ways that murmur ill The touch of tender lips! Forth on the dark ways though still darker grow The paths before the groping finger-tips! Beyond the shadow years our visions know The touch of tender lips! Finis. A sigh and a song, And a song and a sigh; But the song helps along To the sky bye and bye! * * * * * Transcriber's note The following changes have been made to the text: In the Table of Contents: Poetry: Page number for "A Valentine" changed from 307 to 207. Page number for "Life" changed from 158 to 168. Page number for "Mistah Cotton" changed from 149 to 105. Page number for "Off the Reservation" changed from 225 to 224. "Our Joe's Home Again" changed to "Our Joe's Home Agin." "Governor Tom" changed to "Said Governor Tom" and moved to appropriate place in the list. "See the Side Show" changed to "See the Side-Show" and page number changed from 4 to 102. Page number for "The Legislative Pass" changed from 187 to 186 and moved to the appropriate place in the list. Page number for "The Little Boy Land" changed from 67 to 66. "The Valley of Rest" changed to "The Valleys of Rest". Prose: Page number for "Caught on the Fly" changed from 282 to 283. "Mighty Troublesome" changed to "Mighty Lonesome". Page number for "Wanted to Hide" changed from 151 to 121. Page 16: "dosen't lay" changed to "doesn't lay". Page 16: "hair is the middle" changed to "hair in the middle". Page 31: "the the care-clouded" changed to "the care-clouded". Page 34: Added "I." to the first stanza. Page 39: "Pie-millon" changed to "Pie-million". Page 59: "roas'in' ears" changed to "roas'in'-ears". Page 62: "And they they chew" changed to "And they chew". Page 74: "whereever I roam" changed to "wherever I roam". Page 76: "new-fangeled" changed to "new-fangled". Page 78: "it shadows of woe" changed to "its shadows of woe".