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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THESE ENDURE, by MARION H. ADDINGTON First Line: I have known sorrow; I have known laughter Last Line: But the lovely things are for our keeping! Subject(s): Beauty | |||
I have known sorrow; I have known laughter, Echoing up to the highest rafter; I have known sweet, and the bitter after. I have known falsehood's thrusting dagger; The hurt of defeat and the boaster's swagger; I have known hunger's uncertain stagger. But I have listened, expectant still, To hear the spring wind, sweet and shrill, Singing over the woodland hill. And I have seen a white filagree Of mist, on the pale anemone, And a crescent moon in the apple tree. And I have walked a fragrant lane Through falling plum bloom in the rain And known a beauty that was pain. I have learned this: That sorrow and weeping Scarcely abide the night's deep sleeping, But the lovely things are for our keeping! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOVE IN BLACK AND WHITE by KAREN SWENSON TO PFRIMMER (LINES ON READING 'DRIFTWOOD') by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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