Think Valentine, as speeding on thy way <br /> Homeward thou hastest light of heart along, <br /> If heavily creep on one little day <br /> The medley crew of travellers among, <br /> Think on thine absent friend: reflect that here <br /> On Life's sad journey comfortless he roves, <br /> Remote from every scene his heart holds dear, <br /> From him he values, and from her he loves. <br /> And when disgusted with the vain and dull <br /> Whom chance companions of thy way may doom, <br /> Thy mind, of each domestic comfort full, <br /> Turns to itself and meditates on home, <br /> Ah think what Cares must ache within his breast <br />Who loaths the lingering road, yet has no home of rest!<br /><br />Robert Southey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-02-2/