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Katharine Tynan - The Short Road To Heaven
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There`s a short road to Heaven, but you must take it young,
And if you`re for long living the road is all as long;
A long road, a hard road, with many a turn and twist.
The longer you`ll be travelling, the easier it`s missed.

But the wise lads, the dear lads, they`ve put it to the touch,
The lads of sweet-and-twenty, and maybe not so much;
`Tis the green way they`ve taken in the spring of their year,
When all their birds are singing to make them pleasant cheer.

The long road is dusty and never a streamlet sings,
The dust lies on the hedgerows and on the birdies` wings;
The longer that you travel the wearier you are
And the farther off is Heaven and the stars are far.

But the wise lads, the dear lads, the pathway`s dewy green,
For the little Knights of Paradise of eighteen and nineteen;
They run the road to Heaven, they are singing as they go,
And the blood of their sacrifice has washed them white as snow.

The young mothers` darlings, ah, who would bid them stay?
The short road to Heaven`s a green and pleasant way;
They run singing and leaping, they will be in before
The night darkens on them -- and there`s God at the door.
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