Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAY BY DAY, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poet's Biography First Line: Every day has its dawn Last Line: He will not let us grieve. Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria Subject(s): God | ||||||||
EVERY day has its dawn, Its soft and silent eve, Its noontide hours of bliss or bale; -- Why should we grieve? Why do we heap huge mounds of years Before us and behind, And scorn the little days that pass Like angels on the wind? Each turning round a small sweet face As beautiful as near; Because it is so small a face We will not see it clear: We will not clasp it as it flies, And kiss its lips and brow: We will not bathe our wearied souls In its delicious Now. And so it turns from us, and goes Away in sad disdain: Though we would give our lives for it, It never comes again. Yet, every day has its dawn, Its noontide and its eve: Live while we live, giving God thanks -- He will not let us grieve. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS BY THE ALMA RIVER by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK |
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