Personal Choice Volume 2 No.2

Along the Road

I walked a mile with Pleasure;

She chattered all the way,

But left me none the wiser

For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow

And ne'er a word said she;

But oh, the things I learned from her

When Sorrow walked with me!

Robert Browning Hamilton

Robert Browning Hamilton (1880-1974) was an American poet and the father of poet Virginia Hamilton Adair. He was an amateur poet who wrote a number of poems, including the well-known "Along the Road".

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