The Trail Of No Return

Read 'The Trail Of No Return' by 'Robert William Service' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

The Trail Of No Return by Robert William Service

 So now I take a bitter road
 Whereon no bourne I see,
And wearily I lift the load
 That once I bore with glee.
For me no more by sea or shore
 Adventure's star shall burn,
As I forsake wild ways to take
 The Trail of No Return.

Such paths of peril I have trod:
 In sun and shade they lay.
And some went wistfully to God,
 And some the devil's way.
But there is one I may not shun,
 Though long my life's sojourn:
A dawn will break when I must take
 The Trail of No Return.

Farewell to friends, good-bye to foes,
 Adieu to smile or frown;
My voyaging is nigh its close,
 And dark is drifting down.
With weary feet my way I beat,
 Yet holy light discern . . .
So let me take without heart-break
 The Trail of No Return.

Form: Ballad

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