<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538118" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Refusal of Charon</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why look the distant mountains <br>So gloomy and so drear? <br>Are rain clouds passing o’er them, <br>Or is the tempest near? <br>No shadow of the tempest <br>Is there, nor wind nor rain— <br>’Tis Charon that is passing by, <br>With all his gloomy train. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The young men march before him, <br>In all their strength and pride; <br>The tender little infants, <br>They totter by his side; <br>The old men walk behind him, <br>And earnestly they pray— <br>Both old and young imploring him <br>To grant some brief delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘O Charon! halt, we pray thee, <br>Beside some little town, <br>Or near some sparkling fountain, <br>Where the waters wimple down! <br>The old will drink and be refreshed, <br>The young the disc will fling, <br>And the tender little children <br>Pluck flowers beside the spring.’ </div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘I will not stay my journey, <br>Nor halt by any town, <br>Near any sparkling fountain, <br>Where the waters wimple down: <br>The mothers coming to the well <br>Would know the babes they bore, <br>The wives would clasp their husbands, <br>Nor could I part them more.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Edmondstoune+Aytoun">William Edmondstoune Aytoun</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538118" data-title="The Refusal of Charon de William Edmondstoune Aytoun" data-description="Why look the distant mountains So gloomy and so drear? Are rain clouds passing o’er them, Or is the tempest near? No shadow of the tempest Is there, nor wind nor rain— ’Tis Charon that is passing by, With all his gloomy train. The y..."></div> </div> </div>

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