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Joe's Cafe, 24/7 pit stop for ESL learners and teachers | April 2008
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I shall not pass this way againI expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. – by Grellet Joe | Monday, April 7th, 2008 | Filed under Poetry
44 Responses to “I shall not pass this way again”Leave a Comment |  Personal blog of Josef Essberger, EnglishClub founder Browse by Category |
2nd May 2008 at 10:14 am
it’s a beautiful poem and truly talks about kindness. I will surely share this message with everyone. Thanks!
5th May 2008 at 8:27 pm
honestly i do not find the words to tell how nice to be kind to others,and they as well reward you with the same kindness.that is the best way “to pass throug this world.”
9th May 2008 at 7:27 am
is this opportunity? =)
29th May 2008 at 7:50 pm
Great!
alaaayman
30th May 2008 at 11:55 pm
I love reading it repeatedly. It’s really a very beautiful poem. Simple but complete.
Thanks.
10th June 2008 at 3:30 am
I like to read poem but I can’t find the real meaning in this poem
24th June 2008 at 8:33 am
I think we should give credit to the original author of this… It came from Phillips Brooks… Thank you..
26th June 2008 at 9:56 am
Avel: this has been attributed to Grellet since at least 1893, though it is true that it does not appear in his published works, so there is some doubt.
About Grellet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Grellet
About Brooks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Brooks
29th July 2008 at 9:56 pm
hi i love reading
when i read this i shulled not pass this way agin
its was realy good and i learn new vocabllarey
i like to make new frind
afghan-blud@hotmail.co.uk
13th August 2008 at 1:01 pm
Hello everybody,
I find this poem as a life guide. Punctuality in work and kindness in human behavior are the success story of every happy man/woman in this world.
Thanks!!
16th October 2008 at 6:03 pm
Yeah that’s right! we should be kind enough with one another, as who knows if he would meet his peers again or not??!!
14th November 2008 at 11:25 pm
This was on a card that my Father sent to his wife.
Since being a little girl I have always had it in my head.
Basically it means that you have one life. You choose what to do with it. But in doing so, you must always remember that you share this life with many. Family, friends, neighbours - be them next door, next street, next hamlet, next village, next town,next county, next country.
So by doing a good deed, on the journey through life or many good deeds, you are sharing and helping.
REMEMBER, that one smile you give to someone today, tomorrow, the next day, may be the ONLY smile that person gets. TREASURE IT, for they SURELY WILL.
22nd December 2008 at 3:47 pm
This makes think…what will be people say about us when we’ve gone? Would it be how well we enjoyed ourselves on earth or how many lives we touched and given reason(s) to live their lives and left happy?
28th December 2008 at 1:30 am
This poetry is very short, but it actually express something impressive. Without special or beautiful phrasing, it still shows, I think, what a person that was about to leave the world think.
31st December 2008 at 8:02 am
it’s very simple poem, but has a lot of emotion. it expresses author’s desire in exploring the world.
18th January 2009 at 6:44 pm
Dear Friends,
This is a very beautiful poem, it is altruistic and kind. But it seems to me that the lyrical I - the speaker - is a kind of dependent on the others’ opinion and attitude: as we read, “let me do it now”, and “let me not neglect it”. This “LET me” imperative creates the atmosphere of subordination, and it reminds me of Hamlet’s ‘to be-or-not to be’ meditation…
For example, Emily Dickinson expressed the same altruistic idea of serving others in a very dynamic way: “If I can stop one Heart from Breaking, / I shall not live in Vain”…
4th February 2009 at 7:01 pm
what a nice poem
Till this time I did’t read just like this meaningfull poem
I am keenly intereted in poems it will give us a deferent enjoyment
I think that poets are blessed from almighty god because they are playing with the language simply it is a good skill
27th March 2009 at 3:15 am
Hello everyone
I don’t know how to write poem or poetry.
I was wondering today to read the poem.
Don’t be afraid to write from a different point of view.Write a poem that says exactly the opposite
of what you believe,and do it with out irony.
If everyone don’t know poem. I would like to advise you this web site www.Poewar.com is very
interesting and grateful make me know about
poem and Poetry writing Tip and guidelines for
writing poem.
Good luck
Linda Kosolsak( USA)
31st March 2009 at 11:50 pm
Hello everyone
Today is a wonderful.After I read poem and
poetry I had emotion to try write poem today.
First time in love.I don’t know where to start.
My heart believed in you. My heart is peaceful.
I need Sympathy. I’ve been waiting so long.
It is wonderful in the past of my life.
“Now” My heart and love is so “Empty” and
“Evaporate”.
One’s innermost filling”
Have a nice day
Linda kosolsak (hollywood)
12th April 2009 at 5:07 am
BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL AS WELL
AL- SHAMALAT MOHAMMAD SULAIMAN
12th April 2009 at 5:20 am
MY HOT REGARD TO EVERY ONE
ACTUALLY I DONT LOOK AFTER THAT WHAT WORDS IS THE AUTHEOR USING BUT I USED TO LOOK TO APPRECIATE THE ATMOSPHER AUTHORS CIRCUMOSTACES IF THAT..SO HE WAS BEING IN BAD CIRCUMSTANCES JUST FOR WHILE WHICH FORCED HIM TO COME UP BY MYSTRIES ATMOSPHER SO ALL ABOVE ACCORDING TO ME……….AL-SHAMALAT MOHAMMAD SULAIMAN…THANK YOU…..?
14th April 2009 at 5:13 am
If one soul is saved for eternity with God through your sharing of the good news you will have accomplished the greatest human kindness possible.
23rd April 2009 at 10:09 pm
Through this toilsome world alas
Once and only once I pass
If a kindness I may slow
If I good deed i may do
For a suffering fellow man,
Let me do it while I can
No delay, for it is plain
I shall not pass this way again
………unknown……….
Best wish
Linda kosolsak (USA Hollywood)
28th April 2009 at 6:21 pm
Hello Everyone,
This is a beautiful poem. The author seems like he was in deep meditation and energizing his spiritual life. I think he was saying, why should I procrastinate about doing for my fellow-man, when I have today? Why should I show love tommorrow and I’m not sure I’ll see first light?
I’m just a soujourner in this world. So while I’m passing through this land, I see only today, the present. Tommorrow is the future and I don’t know what the future holds. I will continue to show and excersise kindess towards my fellow-man, cause I may never travel this was again.
31st August 2009 at 3:55 am
excellent.
18th September 2009 at 7:08 am
Learned this as a prayer as a child and it has stuck with me ever since.
18th November 2009 at 4:09 pm
Hello everybody..!! i think this poem is very nice… is the best…
23rd November 2009 at 12:03 pm
good blank verse
19th March 2010 at 12:45 pm
Great fund raiser.
22nd July 2010 at 12:35 pm
that poem really internalize my inner sensation as I’ve read that, my eagerness to write a poem was boost-in ..
26th August 2010 at 3:31 am
very nice.this is my first comment in here. I hope I will be better.
14th September 2010 at 3:34 am
very beautiful.but I can’t understand clearly.or there is something do not know clearly inthe world,for example the PEOTRY……
19th November 2010 at 12:46 pm
ahm..exactly as i thinking..
it is so very nice..
i red this poem once and once..
and the thing that comes in my mind…is..
to deliver a thing important that someone`s gonna know..that you love him/her and how you appreciate the good things that he/she did to you..
and you will not pass this way again..
^_^mary joy galbizo^_^
13th December 2010 at 12:11 pm
watta poem!!!!! but i dont know who is speaking….. gosh…..
27th April 2011 at 7:50 pm
These words make you live and think of life.
Thank you.
4th July 2011 at 2:03 am
Very touching line, a guiding principle for mankind.
15th October 2011 at 6:57 pm
I’d like to meet this man because in my view,he words seem emamated from prophecy.
15th October 2011 at 6:57 pm
his
14th March 2012 at 1:11 pm
… all comments are true. since it is entitled to all kinds of interpretation, i will share you mine:
That life is lived once so whatever action you need/want to do, do not delay.
And whatever blessing or misfortune comes to you, do not dwell on it too much for it shall pass.
9th June 2012 at 2:30 am
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL POEM;I TRY TO BE KIND TO EVERYONE THAT I MEET EVERYDAY
25th June 2012 at 3:43 pm
the poem is very good it gives us a moral : we should profit in this life bcs it ll last
5th November 2012 at 2:28 am
I love this! There was a song… a country song, maybe, that used these words and I am making myself crazy trying to remember who it was and what the name of the song is. Please help!
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