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The Land of Beyond

by Robert W. Service

from Rhymes of a Rolling Stone

Have ever you heard of the Land of Beyond,
That dreams at the gates of the day?
Alluring it lies at the skirts of the skies,
And ever so far away;
Alluring it calls: O ye the yoke galls,
And ye of the trail overfond,
With saddle and pack, by paddle and track,
Let's go to the Land of Beyond!

Have ever you stood where the silences brood,
And vast the horizons begin,
At the dawn of the day to behold far away
The goal you would strive for and win?
Yet ah! in the night when you gain to the height,
With the vast pool of heaven star-spawned,
Afar and agleam, like a valley of dream,
Still mocks you a Land of Beyond.

Thank God! there is always a Land of Beyond
For us who are true to the trail;
A vision to seek, a beckoning peak,
A farness that never will fail;
A pride in our soul that mocks at a goal,
A manhood that irks at a bond,
And try how we will, unattainable still,
Behold it, our Land of Beyond!

Reading suggestions

Here are some stories we liked. Maybe you will, too.

• The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Redheaded Outfield, by Zane Grey

• The Land of Beyond, by Robert W. Service

• The Magic Egg, by Frank Stockton

• The Magic Shop, by H. G. Wells

Online reading resources

You'll find even more things to read at these Web sites:

• Stories, magazines, and literature for young people

• Project Gutenberg

• Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts