I have been sojourning late

Quote byRichard Henry Stoddard · 1825–1903

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Poems of Richard Henry Stoddard (1880), "Proem", p. v..

English (original)

I have been sojourning late Among the pleasant places of my Past, The green and quiet neighborhoods of Thought, In which I wandered in my wayward youth; With no companion but the constant Muse, Who sought me when I needed her—ah when Did I not need her, solitary else?

— Richard Henry Stoddard

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