[teaching nina]

I am looking for the name of a poem. Here is a part of it.

I'm going on the upper road for that still holds the sun
I'm climbing through night's pastures where the starry rivers run
If you should think to seek me in my old dark abode
You'll find this writing on the door
He's on the upper road

[Wondergirl]

It's from the devotional "Streams in the Desert" by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cowman.

[teaching nina]

Thank you for your help but this is where I found this quotation in the first place. It is an excerpt from a longer poem. It may be Robert Frost. My daughter is having medical problems and I think this poem might be an encouragement. The only reference to the poem is selected. I am sure the rest of the poem can be found somewhere. Thanks again for your help.

[Wondergirl]

I did find this (words and music of that poem/song by Kathy Gehr) --

NuBeat Music -"Listen to the Music and Live!" - Free Christian MP3 Song Downloads

Lead vocal: Katrina Leviathan
Lyrics and Music: Cathy Gehr
Keyboard and Rhythm programming: S. De Bezenac
Backup vocals: Amy Koch, Sylvia Jeane. Guitar: Philip Johnson.
Keyboard and Rhythm programming: Michael Fogarty. Arranged and Engineered by S. De Bezenac

"THE UPPER ROAD"

Verse 1
I’m traveling on the upper road, for that still holds the sun,
And I’m climbing through the meadows
Where the starry rivers run, ooooh.
If you should want to see me in my old dark abode,
You’ll find this writing on the wall: “She’s on the upper road.”-

Verse 2
I used to sit and sympathize with the sorrows in my life,
And I waited for the hour when my troubles would subside.
But a voice called out, “Come up and see the side you cannot view.
Above the clouds the sun is shining bright and skies are blue.”

Chorus 1
The upper road, oh, that’s the road where I want to be,
I want to scale the heights where Heaven’s leading me.
I’ll say goodbye to sadness now, the way to live I’ve found;
Lord, lead me on [Lord lead me on] to higher ground.

Verse 3
I started traveling right away,
It was the nighttime, cold and bleak,
But the mountain air was comforting and dried my teary cheeks.
I couldn’t see a step ahead, but angels kept my feet,
And with the sunrise came a song that set my spirit free!

Chorus 2
The upper road, oh, that’s the road where I want to be,
I want to scale the heights where Heaven’s leading me.
I’ll say goodbye to sorrow now,
The way to live I’ve found; Lord, lead me on

Chorus 3
[The upper road! Oh, that’s the road] that’s where I wanna be,
I want to scale the heights where Heaven’s leading me.
I’ll say goodbye to sadness now, the way to live I’ve found;
Lord, lead me on and on to higher ground!

[Windy777]

Hello All, I am Cathy Gehr, the author of the lyrics and music of the song "The Upper Road". The lyrics of this song was inspired by the poem "Make Me Thy Mountaineer" by Amy Wilson Carmichael, which can be found on page 2 of Mrs Charles E. Cowman's book "Mountain Trialways". The lyrics are not the same as that poem; in other words, the poem inspired me to write "The Upper Road". I hope this explanation helps to clear up any questions. I was inspired to write this song in 1988 when, at the time, I and my sweetheart had to go separate ways in order to continue our work for the Lord, to be reunited again in January 1990. We have been wonderfully married for 25 years, and every day celebrate our journey on the Upper Road. If you wish to contact me, you can write me at: [email protected] -- God bless and keep you on the glorious Upper Road, looking unto Jesus, the Awesome Author and Finisher of our Faith. PTL! :D

[rdy86]

Sorry the previous answers were not correct. The Upper Road is a poem written by William James Dawson in 1911 in a collection of poems, part of his book called "The Book of Courage." Here is the poem. It is quite something, isn't it?

The lowland road is pleasant and the upper road is steep.
The lowland air is windless and its rivers sing of sleep ;
When all the kine are gathered and all the pastures mowed.
One should go home at evening along the lowland road.

When stalwart knees bend inward and strong-thewed shoulders tire.
When a man has wrought his utmost and followed his desire.
When he had starved and feasted and borne a heavy load,
How good to come at evening along the lowland road.

But if the white peaks beckon, if one be left to scale,
A man should seek the mountains and shun the lowland vale;
His heart will feel their prompting, and answer to the goad,
And tho* the hour be evening, he'll take the upper road.

When all Earth's fruits are gathered on silent field and garth.
When song is at the winepress and mirth is at the hearth.
There is another harvest whose seed we have not sowed —
You'll find the orchards of the Lord upon the upper road.

I'm going by the upper road, for that still holds the sun;
I'm climbing thro' Night's pastures, where starry rivers run;
If you should think to seek me in my old dark abode.
You'll find this writing on the door— "He's on the Upper Road."