Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR STURDY FEET, by A. DOROTHEA BATES First Line: There is too much of life that is too sweet Last Line: Paths are made rough by god for sturdy feet. | ||||||||
There is too much of life that is too sweet: The trees that drip with creeping strength; the birds Too mad in springtime ecstasy to meet The steady notes of calmer lays; lush words Of love that bubble from full hearts; blue skies Too deep and clear for permanence; a sun Too bright, before whose range man's fancy lies Asleep, in stupor before the race is done. Across my head and face I ask the sweat Of toil -- hot sweat; the sweat of agony -- Cold sweat; across my eyes the cold and wet Of tears. Let struggle, pain, encompass me. There is too much of life that is too sweet; Paths are made rough by God for sturdy feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOY OF THE MORNING by EDWIN MARKHAM BALLADE OF A TRAVELLER'S JINX by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE LEAF by ANTOINE VINCENT ARNAULT THE ENEMY by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE QUATORZAINS: 9. TO MY LYRE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES A WOMAN'S SONNETS: 2 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT NOT AT HOME by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE OLNEY HYMNS: 37. AFFLICTIONS SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD by WILLIAM COWPER |
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