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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A FRIEND, by GRACE STRICKER DAWSON First Line: You entered my life in a casual way Last Line: But, after all, they didn't do it! | |||
YOU ENTERED my life in a casual way, And saw at a glance what I needed; There were others who passed me or met me each day, But never a one of them heeded. Perhaps you were thinking of other folks more, Or chance simply seemed to decree it; I know there were many such chances before, But the others -- well, they didn't see it. You said just the thing that I wished you would say, And you made me believe that you meant it; I held up my head in the old gallant way, And resolved you should never repent it. There are times when encouragement means such a lot, And a word is enough to convey it; There were others who could have, as easy as not -- But, just the same, they didn't say it. There may have been someone who could have done more To help me along, though I doubt it; What I needed was cheering, and always before They had let me plod onward without it. You helped to refashion the dream of my heart, And made me turn eagerly to it; There were others who might have (I question that part) -- But, after all, they didn't do it! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PAMPINEA by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ST. MARTIN'S WALL by ANTON ALEXANDER VON AUERSPERG THE HAPPY DAYS WHEN I WER YOUNG by WILLIAM BARNES DOWN THE RIVER by BARCROFT HENRY BOAKE THE UNSPOKEN by ANNE MILLAY BREMER THE TOOTH by REBEKAH CARMICHAEL CARMINA, 70: FEMALE INCONSTANCY by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS |
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