And when I come to the dim trail-end, <br /> I who have been Life's rover, <br />This is all I would ask, my friend, <br /> Over and over and over: <br /> <br />A little space on a stony hill <br /> With never another near me, <br />Sky o' the North that's vast and still, <br /> With a single star to cheer me; <br /> <br />Star that gleams on a moss-grey stone <br /> Graven by those who love me -- <br />There would I lie alone, alone, <br /> With a single pine above me; <br /> <br />Pine that the north wind whinneys through -- <br /> Oh, I have been Life's lover! <br />But there I'd lie and listen to <br /> Eternity passing over.<br /><br />Robert William Service<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/heart-o-the-north/
