Things I Might Have Done

I saw a distant mountain--
So near and yet so far away.

I looked at it and dreamed
I would climb it some fine day.

It was always in my view
So beautiful to be.

My favorite dream was to reach the top
What wonders would I see.

So, I sat at the foot of the mountain
Watching climbers more skillful than I

It was always in my heart--
My hope to do,  or die.

Many years have passed of
Mere dreams I have not spun.

While life goes by and others do
"The things I might have done."