End not your minstrel days in quiet repose, <br />But play your music still, strong from the heart, <br />And as a poet sings out his melodious prose, <br />Your refrain will now rouse other tunes to start. <br /> <br />Then joyfulness will fill your barren mind, <br />And lighten up the paths that you will take, <br />And as this harmony now becomes entwined, <br />It enters into your soul, a home to make.<br /><br />Ernestine Northover<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/minstrel-days/
