The Bridge Builder

The Bridge Builder is a poem written by Will Allen Dromgoole. "The Bridge Builder" has been frequently reprinted, including on a plaque on the Bellows Falls, Vermont Vilas Bridge in New Hampshire. It continues to be quoted frequently, usually in a religious context or in writings stressing a moral lesson.

"The Bridge Builder" is also used by many fraternal organizations to promote the idea of building links for the future and passing the torch along for the next generation.

It was possibly first published in 1900 in the now rare book A Builder.

The poem appears below in its entirety;