Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PAST SORROWS, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH


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First Line: As tangled driftwood barring up a stream
Last Line: Forgets the old griefs, and heals their deepest scars.
Subject(s): Grief; Hope; Islands; Life; Sorrow; Sadness; Optimism


As tangled driftwood barring up a stream
Against our struggling oars when hope is high
To reach some fair green island we descry
Lying beyond us in the morning's gleam,
And shimmering like a landscape in a dream --
Yet waiting patiently the logs float by,
And all our course lies open to the eye --
So sorrows come and go. What though they seem
A blight whose touch might turn a young head gray,
Joy dawns again. Hope beckons us before.
The tide that pressed against us breaks our bars;
The visionary islands smile once more.
Life, with its rest by night, its work by day,
Forgets the old griefs, and heals their deepest scars.





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