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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DAY SPENT, by GUSTAV FALKE First Line: Leaning head on hand, I muse: oh, tell Last Line: Day of beauty, I have used thee well. | |||
Leaning head on hand, I muse: oh, tell, Day of beauty, have I used thee well? First upon my wife's dear lips a kiss, Love's salute and early morning bliss. Faithful toil, for daily bread the care, Men's dispute in words that never spare. Then I quaffed my glass with true delight, Warded off a wicked wish with might. From eternal stars with blessed beam Comes to me at last the poet's dream. Leaning head on hand, I muse and tell: Day of beauty, I have used thee well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHELL TO THE PEARL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER AT A READING by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH COMEDY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): REMORSE by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS TO MISS DIXON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LILIES: 10. SOUL-PAIN by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE FLAG by GEORGE HENRY BOKER TO THE WINGED VICTORY by MARGARET ELLIS BROWN THE WANDERER: 6. PALINGENSIS: A PRAYER by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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